Stay away....stay far away...... - Anonymous employee Xylem Employee Review

1.0
Aug 14, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Those that I trust were great to work with...

Cons

.....you shouldn't trust many people there. People will say things to get ahead or for CYA purposes. The office has thinned out with no new plans to re-hire. This means that those left behind are left to carry the burden and weight of 2, sometimes 3 people. There is no work-life balance, although they say there is. It is frowned upon to only work 40 hour weeks - if you don't come in early or stay late, they definitely notice. There is a lot of pressure to hit the numbers and you need to do whatever you can to do so. There are a lot of fires every day which will make you feel like you never accomplish anything long term. And then you get penalized for not completing your long term tasks. It is a lose-lose situation.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Wonderful company who believe in our mission every day - great people committed to water and making a difference - leading products/brands - company leadership rebuilding the business from the inside out - with strong focus on sales, profits, etc. We are able to attract many of the best in water.

Cons

Tons of change happening -- while there is as approach/strategy, things are moving fast as the company has reoriented the org, pruned product lines, etc. Issue is that many people have been impacted - job redundancies, reorgs, uncertainty. it has impacted morale in many places. and we've lost many good people who have gotten fed up with the changes. We have some really talented, world class leaders . we have others in mid management who really shouldn't be in those jobs and who are in over the heads. communications of the many changes don't flow downhill very well. Xylem needs to step up/improve our people related efforts in most ways. performance reviews aren't taken seriously by most managers; managers aren't trained/good at giving feedback; we are terrible at onboarding, etc.

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