Average - Anonymous employee Emerson Employee Review

3.0
12 Nov 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company has been around a long time. Strong enough benefits that keep people there for decades. Some of the best co-workers I have worked with, and some of the worse. If you're a minority or woman, put in your application, because there aren't enough of either. Advancement is fairly easy, but a lot of people are in ruts. Good place to manage your own career. Work / life balance is excellent.

Cons

Incredible amount of internal politics and indecision. They hired a lot of MBAs fresh out of college and gave them accelerated rides to higher level management positions. Many are in way over their heads. Some are outright dishonest. Business is soft, there have been countless redirections and misdirections in strategy. Mind-boggling matrix organization that simply cannot work effectively in today's fast markets. Very few team builders among management.

Explore other reviews about Emerson

5.0
21 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work / life balance Management Coworkers

Cons

Pay and benefits could be better

2.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great immediate supervisor and their boss. Made top-down communications tolerable. Great co-workers and great collaboration that lifted the entire team.

Cons

(1) RIF based on tenure, not performance. HR is too powerful a department, and everyone fears it. (2) Tenure made you lazy, killed creativity, initiative, and promoted a "yes" culture. (3) During COVID layoffs, CEO pay went from $3.7 million to $15.x million, while employees endured 25% furloughs for 3 months, and management 10% reduction in pay for 6 months - explain how that is reasonable. (4) CEO declared DEI as the way forward for career mobility, and a lot of young, promising talent walked out the door, including DEI-qualified minorities. (5) I was one of those minorities.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All