Eaton reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(6,579 total reviews)
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Paulo Ruiz

79% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Eaton has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 6,579 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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2.0
Jan 29, 2014

Misleading

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Pros

Steady Work, Great Fellow Workers

Cons

Management does'nt listen to employees. Alot of favortism and "Good ole Boy" practices. Plant Manager is only seen once a month along with HR Manager. HR is one sided Unrealistic forecasts which makes for alot of over time 10hrs a day 6-7 days a week for months. Promotions are based on who you know or if you belong to a clique. Ethics and Policies are only enforced when it benefits Management Not Employees. No room for advancement. Employees thoughts, ideas and complaints are ignored as if they don't know anything. People who are placed in Management, Lead, Quality positions have no idea about the product. Employee appraisals are unfair. Management evaluations are designed to make them look good. Management does'nt care about employees or family life. Upper Management are the only ones rewarded for a good job or meeting a set goal. All of Management from Plant Manager down needs to be replaced. Everything that the employees enjoy about this plant is taken away. Pay increases are not fair.

1.0
Dec 14, 2013

Don't work for Eaton!

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Pros

As an engineer, the pay was too low since I was making higher pay at Pratt & Whitney 7 years earlier. Dedicated engineers who work tirelessly and don't get any thanks or credit from management for their effort. My boss worked day and night (literally) on a major project that was late due to management incompetence while trying raise his kids and do all the other stuff life throws at us. I wonder if management ever thought to say thank you R.

Cons

Poorly managed company overall. Total chaos in Jackson, MS. Worse than any other company I have ever seen (i'm not exaggerating) Some of the managers (VP level) are so deceitful that I can comfortably say they are evil or border on being antisocial/sociopaths. I was having a conversation with a VP at a meeting in Houston about an idea that I had to solve a problem. He rudely said that's not what I do and then quickly walked away and made a call. When we returned to the meeting (3-4 minutes later) he made an announcement that he had made progress on the problem but using my idea and proposing it as his own. That VP really got to me that day. It disturbed me for some time that he did something so childish. The idea was so simple. It wasn't rocket science. No need to do that. I quit two months later. Whereupon they tried to accuse me of some sort of corporate spying (not sure of the exact details). Unbelievable place. My heart goes out to those employees in Jackson.

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