Eaton reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(6,579 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 6,579 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 Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Mar 1, 2016
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Pros

Great Facility, A few Great People

Cons

They don't live the core values posted in the front lobby at all. Managers that believe dictatorship is a management style run rampant. Politics for the entrenched are a daily occurrence. We posted $550m in profits one day. The next they are laying off hundreds. Many of whom had left solid roles (myself included) to join what was supposed to be "the place to work for" only to be out of work a couple of years later. The nice letter saying it isn't due to job performance simply economics doesn't make it right. When do American companies start to value employees again?

1.0
Feb 25, 2016

Avoid like the plague

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I can't really think of any.

Cons

People are treated very badly, and employees have very low self esteem.

2.0
Feb 21, 2016

Questionable Values

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Pros

Good systems and adequate infrastructures. Eaton Quality System and Operating system applied to all organizations. There is a great deal of commonality between operations.

Cons

There are value statements clearly communicated, trained, and reviewed across the whole organization; however, shareholder value will always come first. Everything Eaton's senior management does is solely guided by this. Eaton's management forced staff to take MULAs, cut all spending, refused to replace needed staff, cut capital investment for upcoming products, and spent millions in short-sided restructricturing. All in all, hurting the long term future, while pushing results quarter to quarter to keep a fickle market happy. Taking money from the people that make Eaton successful, while recording $400M-$500M+ each quarter in profits. What image would an employee garner from the CEO telling the employees that the economic situation is tough, when forcing unpaid leaves and restructuring; in contrast, buying back stock, aquiring new companies, and showing hundreds of millions in profits? Just acquired a new company and presented a profitable year, but delaying merit increases and not contributing to 401K plans the following year? Not illegal, but not trustworthy. Eaton values results, not relationships.

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