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Lowest Engineering Position, Abused, and Disrespected - Field Service Engineer Rockwell Automation Employee Review

2.0
7 June 2011
Recommend
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Pros

You get a lot of hands on experience as well playing with a lot of automation toys which can be a break from typical office cubical world. The training they give in the beginning is great too.

Cons

Field Service Engineering position is the lowest engineering position at Rockwell. They hire Engineering Technology majors, even technicians with enough experience to do the job. Basically you don't need a real engineering degree to do the job. Sales people (& everyone else at Rockwell) consider Field Service Engineers replaceable and therefore try to abuse them as much as they can. Also one note about sales engineers, they have ZERO technical knowledge about what they sell. So they could sell an automation product claiming it will cure cancer and you have to go to customer and actually do it.

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5.0
18 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Clean and comfortable work environment Most team members take pride in their work Fair Training Matrix for Employee development/rating

Cons

Safe and Productive work environment isn't a high priority for all managers

4.0
2 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work-life balance, summer Fridays, nice benefits and gym.

Cons

Hard to move up, mostly lateral movement if anything.

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