Great people and abundant opportunity - Principal Engineer Federal Signal Employee Review

5.0
7 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Unlike some large corporations, they allow motivated high performers to easily move into new roles and grow professionally. Lots of tenured and knowledgeable engineers willing to help younger team members learn. Excellent leaders continue to grow the company organically and via acquisition. Quality equipment and rapid product launches without overly-burdensome and onerous development processes. Great people all over the organization willing to mentor others. Good work life balance.

Cons

Salaries can be on low side compared to similar industries. This is offset some with strong bonus pay.

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5.0
7 Nov 2025
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Pros

Great company. Allows for a healthy work life balance

Cons

there are currently no cons

1.0
17 Nov 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You MIGHT get a boss that cares

Cons

HR at Federal Signal consistently fails to protect employees or uphold even basic standards of fairness. Issues are ignored until they become crises, complaints are brushed off, and there’s a clear pattern of siding with management instead of addressing legitimate concerns. Communication is vague, inconsistent, and often intentionally evasive. Policies are enforced selectively, favoritism is obvious, and HR’s approach to employee wellbeing feels performative at best. Instead of creating a safe, accountable workplace, HR contributes to confusion, mistrust, and a culture where employees feel disposable and unsupported. That now hiring sign outside will be there for a VERY long time

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