Strong product lines but with challenges in upper mangement - Anonymous employee Xylem Employee Review

2.0
13 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The products are of high quality, are serviced well, and compete effectively in the market. Team members are hard working, loyal, and with many years of knowledge in the market.

Cons

Top management is not transparent in communications, and had created many layers of management. Key decisions are made with little or no input from from plants; it is a top-down approach, so individual performance and the future potential of each plant is taken into account. Strategic input from plants is essential to success. 360 degree reviews are not well implemented and acted on, and turnover at all levels, but especially middle management, is too high.

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5.0
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Pros

Nice managers, supportive, kind environment

Cons

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4.0
13 Feb 2026
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Pros

Wonderful company who believe in our mission every day - great people committed to water and making a difference - leading products/brands - company leadership rebuilding the business from the inside out - with strong focus on sales, profits, etc. We are able to attract many of the best in water.

Cons

Tons of change happening -- while there is as approach/strategy, things are moving fast as the company has reoriented the org, pruned product lines, etc. Issue is that many people have been impacted - job redundancies, reorgs, uncertainty. it has impacted morale in many places. and we've lost many good people who have gotten fed up with the changes. We have some really talented, world class leaders . we have others in mid management who really shouldn't be in those jobs and who are in over the heads. communications of the many changes don't flow downhill very well. Xylem needs to step up/improve our people related efforts in most ways. performance reviews aren't taken seriously by most managers; managers aren't trained/good at giving feedback; we are terrible at onboarding, etc.

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