Archaic company that has difficulty compensating the modern employee
Pros
The company has a lot of interest in listening to employee feedback (on profit-generating ideas), and there is a lot of internal structure for getting just about anything done. The business end of this business is a well-oiled machine. Work life is decent and challenging, and there are opportunities for advancement depending on your field. Employee perks technically exist; healthcare options, profit sharing, vacation days, so depending on your prior experience, these may be great.
Cons
The employee end of this business is aggressively tweaked to minimize employee reward. While all of those perks above exist, the caveats are downright demoralizing. Quarterly profit sharing is Trimble's way of giving employee bonuses. But the percentage is so low that our effective yearly bonus dropped to 10% of what it was pre-Trimble acquisition. Trimble has mandatory vacation days. 8 days of your paid time off are stolen per year for mandatory facility closures, nearly half of your yearly accrual. Healthcare is very substandard (Trimble might not be fully at fault here because of the current state of US insurance). No matter which of the limited options available, expect to drop thousands out of pocket for basic care because they each have either sky high deductibles or enormous co-pays. Merit raises are far below standard, by a long shot. They're only a hint above inflation.
