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Generac Power Systems

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Generac Power Systems reviews

2.8

40% would recommend to a friend

(823 total reviews)
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Aaron Jagdfeld

56% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Generac Power Systems has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 823 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Generac Power Systems 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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823 reviews
1.0
Aug 2, 2015

Unstable Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great product with an emphasis on manufacturing; president that loves investing in new technology. A president who leads and inspires. Silver lining is the remaining few good people. But unfortunately even those loyal, dedicated veteran empoyees are leaving and those remaining are actively seeking other employment.

Cons

New initiatives being rolled out daily, in a desperate attempt to change the quickly erroding culture. Life-work balance not recognized or respected. Top-tier managment has changed over the last year-and-a-half to self-seeking micromanagers. As a result of the mass exodus, it has left most departments grossly understaffed. Top-tier management has managed to break what wasn't broken.

1.0
Jul 24, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you like working 80 hours a week and still get treated like crap, you will like it here.

Cons

Where do you even start? The expectations are off the charts what anyone can do. They expect you to be super-human. Even if you are, they will still treat you very poorly. Almost no promotions from within (because everyone sucks). The planning is terrible, it changes weekly or daily. There is a reason they always have 30+ openings in engineering, because no one wants to work there.

2.0
Aug 7, 2015

Overall Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Updated buildings and as a whole a solid product line. Most of the current employees are very talented. The company has good potential if they get there act together.

Cons

Upper level management needs to listen to the employees and stop being the negative ones. There is so much negativity from this level and tension in the air that its sickening. Most employees are working harder and longer than needed out of fear of loosing there jobs. This is a very negative environment at this time and it starts with some of the unrealistic expectations of the upper management, directors, and V.P.s. You are not allowed to voice an opinion to someone, because if one of the directors hears about it your cornered and confronted. People have lost their jobs based on comments made. So much for freedom of speech. The company has lost a lot of top notch talent and its a constant revolving door of people. Most workers in my department are currently looking at other opportunities and sending out there resumes. The overall view is your just an employee, do your job as your told or your out of there. The company will always have someone to fill your shoes. The company is also below average on compensation. Again we have lost a good number of people due to this. Not every year is going to be a banner year, but treat your employees good, and you will be amazed at how much more productive they will become.

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