Outcome of an acquisition and integration into Siemens. (Siemens Rail Automation) - Anonymous employee Siemens Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Siemens corporate perspective offers the structure and support of a large company. Its overall financial and management practices and policies appear to be the result of experience and are thoroughly developed. The benefits and HR policies are on the better side of average with industry.

Cons

As a company acquired by and integrated into the Siemens family, the integration process was terrible with no practical functional support provided by the Siemens machine. IT integration was particularly heavy-handed, short-sighted, and dictatorial especially in terms of business support (a lack of it). With new senior management brought into organization from the outside, the previously flourishing company is becoming a safe harbor for former (failed) Westinghouse Nuclear managers. The new management follows entrenched antiquated practices from the 1960's and 70's, where intimidation and criticism of the employees is deemed necessary to drive "success". Employees must endure weekly meetings to learn how to devour elephants (you can't eat the whole elephant at one time) and chant slogans in a cult-like fashion to become "motivated". New management appears to operate in secret to circumvent what otherwise would be considered good (fair) hiring/promotion and employee relation practices in any other industry. There is a severe lack of sincere leadership from new senior management and it has alienated a very talented and otherwise successful workforce. Retention of current employees is expected to become a serious problem in the near term.

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