Lawter Reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(11 total reviews)

Ichiro Taninaka

100% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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11 reviews
3.0
3 Feb 2016

Finance Manager

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Pros

Small, friendly office in the heart of the loop close to transportation options. Challenges on a daily basis keep the work interesting. With support from parent company innovations are starting to develop regularly.

Cons

Uneven allocation of development opportunities across most functions - many employees are underutilized, others much more so. During especially challenging sales periods senior leaders are noticeably and actively more inclined to turn on one another.

1.0
17 June 2015

If you want to work in a fading industry!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you like working downtown, then it's a Pro. Very quiet office (again, pro or con), was like a funeral home.

Cons

Too quiet, no corporate vision, too much backstabbing. You have factions from North America, Europe and Asia all working against each other. The Europeans being by far the most ruthless.

1.0
2 Mar 2015

Aimless organization with no identity!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you like a quiet office, this is a good place to consider.

Cons

The organization is run poorly. I don't say this as a disgruntled former employee, the truth is they have no goals other than survival. The organizational structure is a mess, with Europeans and Japanese trying to run the organization with minimal alignment, different philosophies. The European team is focused on having enough to afford lavish dinners and free flowing alcoholic beverages while the Japanese team looks at numbers and never takes their heads out of the sand. They are a company servicing industries on decline and competing with companies that are vertically integrated. Poor leadership, shrinking market, non-competitive due to lack of vertical integration almost assures Lawter's demise!

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