ABB reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(8,207 total reviews)
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Morten Wierod

87% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

ABB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,207 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ABB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Oct 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good products and technology, employees are nice, global organisation. Good opportunity for learning and getting exposure. If work for the right team leaders, it is ok.

Cons

Clear divide among employees, people care for themselves as no recognition for teamwork. Following the change in top management from local to foreigners in 2012, the new foreign team promotes politics in the organisation so the culture of "don't care" develops. Each foreign employee comes with own agenda. There is a clear divide of foreign vs local since the retrenchment that went wrong with a list of all locals were made redundant in 2012. The HR dept is highly political these days and the dept is over staffed. The HRBPs delivered poor services to the employees yet are treated star performers because they can sing the same tune with the new foreign team. They took employees to task if any employee give poor feedback about HR support. Staff turnover is therefore higher, at some points it is felt like a recruitment center as many people come and go.

2.0
Oct 2, 2014

Quality systems lacking

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good people, but need training.

Cons

Comments are specific to the Houston office: Lack of work processes and quality system prevent personnel from successfully performing their jobs. Little to no oversight exists and management fails to acknowledge or own the problems. For example, when a former director tried to establish a PMO to resolve problems with a large international project, he was let go from his position. Employee turnover is high, especially within the PM ranks - mostly driven by dissatisfaction with upper management's failure to act.

4.0
Oct 1, 2014

Average

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work culture. Open and transparent communications

Cons

Low pay Uneven spread of work

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