Is ITW a good company to work for?

ITW has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,570 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 65% of employees would recommend working at ITW to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about ITW have been left by employees working as Intern , Engineer and Product Manager .

Does ITW pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, ITW employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at ITW. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at ITW?

65% of ITW employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated ITW 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ITW?

Machine Operator (32) , Manager (22) , Engineer (21) , Sales Manager (20) , Product Manager (15) , Project Engineer (14) , Intern (13) , Sales (13) , Analyst (11) , Project Manager (11) , Quality Engineer (11) , Marketing (10) , Sales Representative (10) , Customer Service Representative (9) , Manufacturing Engineer (9)

What are the pros of working at ITW according to real employee reviews?

"Most of the people are great but some are poisonous." ((in 78 reviews)); "Pay is Good" ((in 50 reviews)); "Great place and culture here" ((in 49 reviews)); "good work life balance most of the time" ((in 21 reviews)); "Great coworkers and a vast crew of skilled operators" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ITW according to real employee reviews?

"Salaries are competitive." ((in 24 reviews)); "Pay scale is low and poor leadership" ((in 23 reviews)); "They talk about a collaborative work place but upper management do not follow it." ((in 14 reviews)); "No Training Nepotism rampant RUN" ((in 12 reviews)); "Most incentives to retain middle managers have been eliminated." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about ITW layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about ITW layoffs and their outlook for job security at ITW in 2026.

What are the top reviewed ITW locations?

Glenview , Chicago , Troy , Frankfort , Houston , Danvers , Troy , Chippewa Falls , Hendersonville , Elgin , Itasca , Mokena , Gallatin , Boston , Atlanta , Fort Worth , Cincinnati , Lakeland , Carol Stream , Des Plaines , Rockford , Dallas , Hebron , Richton Park , Lakeville , Dayton , San Luis Obispo , Olathe , Elk Grove Village , Tinley Park

ITW reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(1,182 total reviews)

Christopher A. O’Herlihy

80% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

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ITW has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,182 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ITW 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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1K reviews

2.0

Dec 17, 2012

No structure, no incentive to stay.

Project engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The other employees are good people. There is the possibility to move to different facilities if desired and there is a variety of experiences. There is no shortage of work.

Cons

There is no structure and the work structure is very shallow. There is a lot of secrecy, making people generally nervous. Along with the secrecy, there is a large work load causing excessive stress. There is not enough work/life balance; the comment "half day?" has been thrown around way too often when people leave at 5pm after putting in a full day. The bad portion of "no shortage of work" leads employees to never have any down time. The pay is also very low for those that started out during the down turn.

3.0

Apr 11, 2012

Loma Systems, "They'll work you to death"

Former field service employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company is owned by Illinois Tool Works. Both ITW and Loma are well organized, professional companies that know their place in the industry. Great benefits package, good management, great employees. Compensation is a bit under par.

Cons

This company will work you to death. This company reschedules everything with their customers 4 times. The company is understaffed in the field, both sales and service, drastically. The company takes excessive time to accomplish mission critical, time oriented/deadline tasks.

1.0

May 18, 2022

Extremely Toxic Environment & Company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent salary and made some strong connections with some good people.

Cons

• Terrible Upper Management and Sales Leadership • Insanely behind on sales reporting (at times by 4 or more months) leading to sales representatives not having any idea what is going on within their own territor • Expected to not open your mouth and have an opinion or you will be shunned and forced out of the company over time • Very high turnover due to being constantly disrespected, overworked, treated like children and all autonomy continuously being taken away from the position • Leadership is actively trying to force more tenured and older employees out of the company to bring in new people who don't know how bad things really are and how terrible the leadership truly is • You will leave this company as a different person than when you joined and in all the wrong ways due to all I just mentioned above

ITW Response

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Thank you for sharing about your experience working at ITW. We take your feedback seriously, and remain committed to actively living out our values of respect and integrity, among others. We strive to create a work environment where everyone is valued and is able to reach their full potential. If your concerns have not been addressed by local management or human resources, we also offer a confidential helpline to report the situation: https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/29350/index.html

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