Great potential, horrible management - Anonymous employee EMAG Employee Review

1.0
25 Jan 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and mostly relaxed working environment - many of the colleagues there are pleasant and at times it can be fun. Great product offering.

Cons

Management has no control over the company - it is a dictatorship of the CEO and his will, which changes daily, so inevitably whatever you are doing is wrong, despite being a direct order ("you misunderstood me" are words you will hear, everybody has). Despite the great product offering the company is just so poorly run that projects are always behind schedule and over budget, staff members get stressed out and the atmosphere in the office is very, very negative. Little to no willingness to offer meaningful job training (despite touting an apprenticeship program) or advancement within the company.

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5.0
25 July 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Innovative industry leading manufacture of precision machine tools. Management team open ideas and input from entire team to promote common focus. Great people to work with and very good benefits.

Cons

Older facility continues to be updated. Work life balance can be challenging.

1.0
18 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Excellent product and support from mangers and teams from offices in Germany, China and local companies, I’ll miss them the most. Great teams who want to make a good product/service but are prevented by micromanaging boss For clarification ‘Dr Andreas Mootz’ is not the EMAG USA CEO (Dr. Mootz is a good manager of a technology group in Germany)

Cons

The managing director, Peter loetzner, is THE reason people continue to leave EMAG. Some comments that describe the managing director; Peter is not for everyone. Peter is Peter and that is not always pretty. ..he is a bully and that he demeans many within our organization. I agree that he does not treat our customers as they should be treated. I do not believe he is an honest individual on an average day. He is a poster card for what a leader IS NOT - Takes credit for others’ work - Doesn’t show appreciation or give recognition to employees - Micromanages - ask the project manager how often they have their decisions changed behind their backs - control freak; has to make every decision even at the shop floor level - Plays favorites; - Doesn’t provide clear or realistic direction; we are love to hear “I never said to do that” when we all know he did. - Is unavailable or avoids tough conversations; Agrees to attend a tough meeting and backs out at the last minute. - Doesn’t lead be example - Doesn’t follow through

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