Fortive reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(136 total reviews)

James A. Lico

63% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Fortive has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 136 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fortive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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136 reviews
2.0
Apr 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None anymore, used to be great.

Cons

Management is becoming increasingly separated from their employees. Too busy working towards misguided “bowlers”. Very blatant current attempts to move all jobs overseas. Abuse workers and threaten to replace them with contractors, telling them to work beyond contracted hours.

1.0
May 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Higher than avg Salaries, Okay Benefits

Cons

"Ivory Tower" leadership style by C-Suite that flows down the VPs. Attempt to bring in outside headcount from successful companies, but don't listen to them and eventually wash them all out. As a business who touts their value and "market differentiator" in their continuous improvement process, their stock has flat lined for 5 straight years. I would not invest your career or even a dollar in this company.

1.0
Dec 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have a pretty nice benefits package..they are very successful at running their businesses. ..but there is no stock sharing plan for the common associate..the positive in that is no extra tax.

Cons

Very short term focused , it's all about making $ for the next quarter, at the expense of anything long term. It's all about creating share holder value for those about to leave the stock. They do not value technical people or knowledge, (too expensive) focus is on getting cheaper parts. there is no product development or technology investment. If they need a new product, they will buy a company that has already developed it. Then rid the company of all the expensive R&D and milk the existing product lines to death. There is no loyalty to employees called associates They routinely layoff whenever things get tight. stingy on salary. some opcos have a system to down classify job titles, so that employees get paid less for doing more advanced higher level work ..

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