Gleason reviews

2.5

28% would recommend to a friend

(109 total reviews)

John J. Perrotti

42% approve of CEO

20% positive business outlook

Gleason has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gleason employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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109 reviews
2.0
Aug 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some OK people who know what they're doing, but unfortunately that's on the decline as the years pass by.

Cons

They almost went out of business in 2010, so don't plan on going to work there, and expecting to retire from there some day. Chummy in some of the management, territorial in other ways, and it was like that both times I worked there. Like any place, it leads to an adversarial environment, and one which is resistant to change. The area I worked in had terribly antiquated equipment, for the most part. The company should have invested in equipment decades ago,and merely maintained a level of commitment to procurement befitting a world class manufacturing firm. Instead, some of the machines are barely able to keep tolerance, and the people who run the equipment are some of the unsung heroes of the company. They have a reputation for hiring during boom times, then laying off and firing people when things go badly in the machine tool industry. There really isn't any job security there for people with not much time on the job.

2.0
Aug 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are probably OK. 401k match and HSA contribution are good. Pay is acceptable for salary people, not so much so for hourly.

Cons

Arrogant, vacuous, and disingenuous management. Frustration and futility creating miserable people. Constantly executing the same inefficacious process and expecting different results. Too much work, too little time, doing things badly to a ridiculous schedule and hoping someone else cleans up the mess. Antiquated equipment, infrastructure, processes, management techniques. And lots and lots of managerial territorial marking.

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