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
2.0
Feb 18, 2016

Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, and good job security in the electrical industry. Plenty of opportunity to move around for jobs and career growth due to the sheer size of the division and its spread out locations.

Cons

If you want to stay in one place to grow, it is extremely difficult. Local management varies, but this is a good ol boys environment and it shows. Plenty of people who are not qualified to be managers are, simply because of the number of years they've put in. They make it painfully obvious by saying you can't move jobs until you fill your 2 years, time is required to qualify for application. Management at this plant is abysmal and highly unprofessional. No local hr at each plant has allowed people to run amok, and the management is free to do as they please and act like children. Bonus is based on overall plant performance not individual. No drive to go the extra mile since it nets you nothing, yet gives the plant manager a great boost. Moral is at an all time low. Previous employee reviews had the plant at over 90% satisfaction. Most recent averaged between 50-60% satisfaction.

3.0
Jan 20, 2016

Crouse Hinds Business

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

It is a fast paced environment with lots of opportunity to grow if you are a self starter.

Cons

Eaton views its employees as a bank and will take (unpaid time, 401K match, other benefits) from the employees before they will address cash flow problems with good business sense. On-boarding amounts to throwing you in the water and then checking on you to see if you are still swimming a few months later.

3.0
Nov 18, 2015

Eaton

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work on many levels. Many global opportunities to work across boundaries. Many corporate resources are available to accomplish goals if you can get the various managers to agree.

Cons

Bizarre annual review program designed to repress wages. Too many levels of management competing for attention at the expense of a unified approach to meeting goals. Resources are poorly managed. Alternates between wasteful and penny pinching depending on the quarterly results.

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