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 (361) , 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 463 reviews)); "Benefits are good and they have very strong values and ethics which they genuinely try to live by." ((in 437 reviews)); "Great people: US and global." ((in 436 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 408 reviews)); "Good culture and ethics in the U.S. but it gets a bit more blurred as you move overseas." ((in 380 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 308 reviews)); "very old and bad managers without any knowledge" ((in 128 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 55 reviews)); "Really stressful and long hours" ((in 53 reviews)); "Upper management is disconnected." ((in 49 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

(6,599 total reviews)

Paulo Ruiz

78% 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 6,599 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

3.0

Feb 5, 2023

Not bad, not great

Production supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, flexible, and laid back

Cons

Poor health insurance, poor communication at times

1.0

Feb 1, 2023

VAVE, dtv

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Product diversity, All products under 1 roof

Cons

Politics for promotion, leaders are pressuring for there high commitments they made to counter parts

2.0

Jan 30, 2023

It was better before Cobham Mission Systems was taken over by Eaton

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Wimborne Minister area is pleasant.

Cons

Implemented worse T&Cs Reduced Pension Contributions Poor salary increase in 2023 (max 4% when the RPI was 10%) I expect the turnover to increase.

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