Used to be a great place to work... - IT Senior Business Analyst Molex Employee Review

2.0
Oct 4, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people are what kept me at Molex for 25+ years. The campus is beautiful and has a great fitness center.

Cons

Sadly the current leadership doesn't make up for the great campus. Molex was built by leaders who were willing to roll up their sleeves and work alongside anyone in the organization, regardless of their position. The current genre of leaders doesn't want to get their hands dirty. They sit in their ivory tower with little to no knowledge of what actually goes on in the organization. They change their vision regularly in the hopes that they will eventually get it right. Many directors & VP's work remote (at least in the Digital Organization) because they don't live in Chicagoland area, but mandate to others that they must be in the office at least 3 days/week... very much a "do as a I say, not as I do" company. It is a hierarchical & bureaucratic organization. They tout "Principle Based Management" but don't practice it in day to day management.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Molex is a great community. There are a wide variety of professional employees to network with. It is a very large company, but a small community.

Cons

Decisions from upper management, do not always trickle down through the organization. Not all of the departments follow the same guidelines. Case in point is remote working. different groups have different allowances. It is a small thing, but an area that could improve.

2.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are very good for a company this size

Cons

Team is run based on last minute requests and on a lot of meetings to join leaving little time for your usual work. Director likes to devise “innovative” ways to get sales to give more information but instead it translates to chaotic management and more stress for demand planners. There are a lot of stress placed on leads for not getting their teams to get to unrealistic goals with an unsupportive sales team. There are hardly any consistent reviews for employees but it’s not unusual for employees themselves in PIPs. Overall I would say it’s a chaotic management style in this team. Pay hits industry average but not much more. Additionally there is an overemphasis on being in the office in this company because they recently invested millions in renovations so they track your badge swipes. There are really no company wide events to get people more unified other than a quarterly CEO town hall that managers force everyone to attend.

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