Woodward reviews

three years raises: 0%, 0%, 2%. They use a comparative salary system to other local companies, but there are no other local companies this big, Woodward employees lose. As previous have mentioined there is a middle management level of "old-timers" who take the credit for good work and blame the underlings for mistakes. Six Sigma, kaizens...Woodward is stuck in the 1980's following the old Japanese methods. Hello! Motorola, Toyota, Sony did you notice they are all in the toilet? Six Sigma is a way to turn an easy five minute business decision into forty hours of meetings with no resolution!

This company has the most conservative, monolithic management cultures that I have ever witnessed. Interestingly, during the time I was there, 95% of the power and politics seem to emanate from no more than three individuals who typically resided in other [sometimes global] locations. And this bad behavior drove the propagation of more bad behaviour throughout the entire company. Morale in the engineering organization has been rock bottom for many years, and there is no relief in sight. There is no room for "change agents" in this company; it's all about comply or die.