If you need a job give Emerson a shot, look elsewhere for a career. - CNC Machinist/Programmer Emerson Employee Review

2.0
16 Apr 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay. Up to 5 weeks vacation with tenure. Plenty of available overtime if you enjoy such things. Clean shop, air conditioned, decent safety program.

Cons

Stuck in 1983 with regard to manufacturing practices, tenured employees will fight and sabotage you to keep it this way. Lack of resources (bring your own software). Culture of workaholism. 13 days on, 1 day off is essentially expected (2 Sundays off per month). DEI, Cancel culture. Dead end job, they will dangle a carrot for top performers and take advantage by perpetually increasing responsibilities with no additional pay or path to promotion. Once they understand that you have figured this out your days are numbered.

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5.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

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.

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