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 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Eaton?

Engineer (359) , Senior Engineer (149) , Analyst (119) , 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?

"Lots of rewarding work and good work life balance under the right manager(s) and in the right group." ((in 458 reviews)); "Benefits are good and they have very strong values and ethics which they genuinely try to live by." ((in 444 reviews)); "Great people: US and global." ((in 423 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 395 reviews)); "Good culture and ethics in the U.S. but it gets a bit more blurred as you move overseas." ((in 368 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 309 reviews)); "very old and bad managers without any knowledge" ((in 126 reviews)); "Great middle managers but senior leadership struggles to address issues of the field sales teams." ((in 115 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 56 reviews)); "Upper management is disconnected." ((in 51 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

(6,575 total reviews)

Paulo Ruiz

79% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

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

5.0

Jun 23, 2014

Great experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good developmentm opportunities. International company

Cons

Strong matrix organisation. At times processes stop the development

1.0

Jun 5, 2014

Miserable

Press brake operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good hours and health benefits.

Cons

Overkill in the safety department!

4.0

May 10, 2014

Good place to work

Cnc machinist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salaries are fair,working conditions good,benefits outstanding

Cons

Over abundance of college degrees,lack of common sense,double standards when dealing with personnel issues,favoritism

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