Does Eaton pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Eaton employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Eaton. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Eaton?

73% of Eaton employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Eaton 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Eaton?

Engineer (360) , Senior Engineer (149) , Analyst (120) , Estagiário (99) , Intern (97) , Manager (97) , Associate Engineer (93) , Lead Engineer (76) , Project Manager (76) , Manufacturing Engineer (65) , Machine Operator (57) , Sales Engineer (55) , Software Engineer (55) , Associate Analyst (50) , Program Manager (49)

What are the pros of working at Eaton according to real employee reviews?

"I guess the work/life balance was good since I never had any work to do." ((in 472 reviews)); "Benefits are good and they have very strong values and ethics which they genuinely try to live by." ((in 442 reviews)); "Great people: US and global." ((in 440 reviews)); "The good points of working for Eaton is the pay is good and the salaried pay principle for all employees is a definite plus." ((in 401 reviews)); "Good culture and ethics in the U.S. but it gets a bit more blurred as you move overseas." ((in 360 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Eaton according to real employee reviews?

"Zero flexibility if you work at a plant with poor management regardless if you can do your job remote or not" ((in 300 reviews)); "very old and bad managers without any knowledge" ((in 121 reviews)); "2. No training 3. HR will smile in your face then talk about you to your manager 4. Horrible work life balance 5." ((in 60 reviews)); "Really stressful and long hours" ((in 52 reviews)); "Upper management is disconnected." ((in 48 reviews))

What are employees saying about Eaton layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Eaton layoffs and their outlook for job security at Eaton in 2026.

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3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(6,588 total reviews)

Paulo Ruiz

77% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Eaton has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 6,588 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Eaton 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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7K reviews

5.0

May 9, 2025

Good company to work with

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance, Flexibility, Good work

Cons

Has Slow internal progression opportunities

3.0

May 9, 2025

Going downhill fast

Electronic assembler ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love the work I do. It’s challenging and gratifying

Cons

For the past 3 years the company has rolled back job security and implemented more antiquated policies. Morale is low and turnover is high.

1.0

May 8, 2025

Poor management. Not good for engineer or Senior engineer

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing is good except salary

Cons

1. Management having huge expectation from Engineers but not having any expectations from manager 2 . No work life balance . Need to stretch a lot. 3. Poor management in COE 4. Lot of favoritisms in some times.

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