Lutron Electronics reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(418 total reviews)

Susan Hakkarainen

62% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Lutron Electronics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 418 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lutron Electronics 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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418 reviews
1.0
Oct 10, 2015

Such a Joke

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice people work there, it's busy, work is interesting, no layoffs. Nice cafeteria, on site gym, trail to run or walk on.

Cons

Personnel (not called HR - they are stuck in the 70s) is not a place you want to go to. It's evil. People who work in that group make it their life's work to make employees' lives unbearable. It literally is like a cult. Folks in management really believe the crap that comes out of their mouths. You have to feel sorry for them, really - they have no sense of reality. They don't care about their employees. If you leave at 5, management acts like you are taking a half day, even though you come in early and work through lunch more often than not. Work and projects are assigned as the moods of people change. Effort and time are put into projects and they end up being shelved because it's not the flavor of the week anymore.

3.0
Aug 6, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of young talent recruited out of college. They have an aggressive recruiting program that strives to find the best of the best. You will have opportunities to learn about things that go beyond what your immediate responsibilities are. A vast learning experience for any young engineer. You'll build quite the resume of accomplishments in a short time. Also you get to make some cool products and work with other big companies in the IoT industry, which is growing. Senior management will do quarterly updates with the whole company. This is nice because it puts a close (perhaps superficial) touch on their relationship which the employees. It's not like they're tucked away in a high tower looking down on the peasant village every day. It's a "small" company tactic to try to keep in touch with everyone.

Cons

You'll probably burn out. Five to 10 years are what most people stick around for. They have the same issues every single year that cannot be fixed because leaders (who are all lifetime Lutron employees) refuse to change the culture. The leaders stick around because they get promoted. You'll gain so many responsibilities that what you once were good at doing will be consumed by dozens of other responsibilities and projects you need to juggle, which is considered normal because you're supposed to be the best there is according to Lutron. Most process improvements are not followed thoroughly and eventually die out. Super aggressive timelines tend to cause teams to cut corners on quality. I can't count the number of times I've been told to hurry up and wait because of some new issue we discovered. These issues are only getting worse as the company expands engineering to new locations around the country (and in India) and struggles to keep remote teams coordinated towards the same goal. Every team has 1 or 2 members that act as heros to keep things on track and sadly we lose them due to...... burn out.

2.0
Oct 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No layoffs, you have to try to get fired Checklist based pay and promotions A lot to learn up front, great launch pad for motivated hoppers Consistent management styling is predictable No blame is ever attributed

Cons

Company will never change Shipping out product is the only thing that matters Pretends they are one of the best, constant comparisons to Apple and Google, until the discrepancies are called out Management thinks they're entitled to engineers working overtime Engagement and motivation are foreign concepts People are resources to be (micro)managed Tons of CYA, any decision will require at least 2 approvals Negotiation is "take it or leave it" Opportunity means you can say no, but it will hurt your career

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