Trimble reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,635 total reviews)
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Rob Painter

88% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Trimble has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Trimble employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
May 21, 2016

Lack of communication a big problem

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Pros

I was paid well for what I did. Trimble is constantly buying up other companies and so I was hired for one role and after the group was integrated into the corporate my role changed making me well paid for what I did. (So maybe I lucked into a high pay rate)

Cons

There is virtually no communication in Trimble. You know the saying that the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing? Well at Trimble the left hand does not even know that the right hand exists. Trimble is a fractured company with far flung groups that it has purchased all doing their own thing with limited input from corporate. It makes it difficult to know what resources are available (or how the company does things), especially since they seem to like to run lean and mean, meaning that no one has time to communicate and tell how things are done are what resources are available. It takes weeks often to get answers to simple questions. The end result is there really is no one way that Trimble does anything. Every group just does there own thing

1.0
Nov 3, 2015

Mismanagement Abounds

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Pros

The corporate culture is generally fair and positive. People mostly treat each other well and professionally. There are many opportunities to jump onto special projects and demonstrate skills on top of your core job.

Cons

Working here was like stepping back in time a couple of decades. The house is always on fire due to lack of top-down strategy and planning. Also little willingness to invest in key disciplines that are considered important at Trimble's competitors. It's an entrenched culture of cronies and long-timers who have always done things the same way. People acquired or hired from other companies are not empowered to change things, so they leave. Marketing is a great example. Big emphasis on trade shows and events, while nearly all other forms of contemporary marketing and sales support are either ignored or seriously under-resourced. Relatively poor bonus and compensation. Stock price says a lot.

2.0
May 19, 2015

Recent promoted manager for the CAD group

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Pros

Worked there 19 years and 6 days, survived 5 different bosses. The new boss, He got promoted from process Engr. to Cad manager.

Cons

Don't much about about the new job. Almost a year on the job and still blank... Make up few bad thing about me (March 6 2015) .I confronted ( most of my co workers offered to talk to HR and His boss about the incorrect statement he make...but they refuses to continue the conversation).

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