Trimble Engineer reviews

1.6

18% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)
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Rob Painter

18% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

Engineer employees have rated Trimble with 1.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer professionals have a poor working experience there. Trimble is rated 58% below average by Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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15 reviews
2.0
Jul 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits package is good, with 401(k) matching. Health insurance costs are low. Access to company-sponsored training. Consistently profitable organization. If you're in the right department or have the right manager, it's smooth sailing with good work-life balance and good opportunities for training and advancement.

Cons

If you're in the wrong department or have the wrong manager, expect a poor work-life balance, and to be treated badly. I witnessed several instances where policies and procedures were deliberately abused in order to persecute or fire good employees over trivialities. Management eliminated a portion of a business operation by trumping-up policy/procedure infractions so as to terminate staff "for cause," rather than pay out a few thousand dollars' severance per employee to lay them off properly. This reflects poor business ethics.

4.0
Jun 8, 2013

Nice place to work

Recommend
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Pros

Have been working in Trimble for 5 years as an engineer, like the company because the following reasons: Very friendly work environment, cutting edge technology. Good work/life balance. Very happy experience.

Cons

Looks like the company does not care too much engineers. This seems happen to a lot large companies lead by professional business people instead of technology guy in startup.

3.0
Nov 17, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Many small business units, many development centers around the world, and international relocation opportunities. Very interesting product line, and opportunities to be involved in cutting edge technology. Trimble develops very good engineering platforms.

Cons

Poor market strategies, not very customer focussed, generally follow the "make it and they will come" philosophy. Extremely focussed on quarterly numbers, which drives a lot of very near sighted decision making through out the business. Very secretive about remuneration policy, salary grades, and performance incentive plans. Remuneration may not reflect changing job duties and responsibility, nor market rates. Office conditions in some sites are poor.

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