Eaton reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(6,575 total reviews)
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Paulo Ruiz

79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Eaton has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 6,575 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
1.0
Mar 13, 2026

Do not work here

Recommend
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Pros

It was pretty fun work

Cons

Literally everything else besides the work

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Eaton Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the work itself, and we appreciate your honesty about the challenges you faced. We're sorry to hear about your concerns regarding management, and we encourage you to reach out to HR or our ethics line if you’d like to provide more detailed feedback.
5.0
Mar 13, 2026

Safety Team

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

1. Lot of new things to learn 2. Good pay scale 3. Hybrid 4. Supportive and transparent policies

Cons

1. Office politics. 2. Biased

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Eaton Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're glad to hear that you appreciate the learning opportunities, compensation, and hybrid flexibility. We also acknowledge your concerns about office politics and bias, and we value this feedback as we continue working to strengthen transparency across our teams.
2.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice and intelligent coworkers, laid-back office environment with flexible hybrid work options.

Cons

3 years ago I would have easily rated Eaton 4/5, but in the last few years they have shown how cheap they truly are and that they care surprisingly little about retaining their most experienced employees. Despite the company's stock quadrupling in the time I've been here, they are not afraid to give out MULAs (mandatory unpaid leave) to make their numbers for a quarter. Career growth plans and opportunities are emphasized but they expect you to make a business pitch for your promotion in your current role, and it literally needs to be approved by every level up management up to VP of your division. Estimated 1 year decision time. They are currently in the process of spinning off a division, and have barred those employees from applying to jobs within the rest of the company, thus limiting promotion opportunities even further. The electrical sector may be booming because of AI data centers, but when that bubble bursts, expect to be laid off or treated like peasants fortunate to have a job at all.

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