It is true that this company has been going downhill for many years. Despite everything, some people are still very loyal and only recently have I heard from many more people that they want to go or are looking for their next jobs. I would also be very happy to leave if I was younger, but unfortunately, at my age it is already harder to find a new job. I wonder what influenced your decision to leave here, what was your breaking point?
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When I had enough of being treated like cr-p and remembered my dignity... what a waste ho-e of a place... shame on me for ever accepting a job with this dump.
I agree with all of your comments as I have worked very hard to help modernize this company from a moral compass standpoint for 6 going on 7 years. I watched them outsource many jobs to other countries for short term gains for shareholders only. what about customers employees you know the human element. There is no long term plan to sustain anything of real value for employees or building up the company for future growth that repeats itself. I have worked harder contributed to solving logical problems vital critical problems that management does not notice or even understand than almost everyone around me. My work has gone pretty much unnoticed by my plant manager and my arrogant obsolete supervisor who is in competition with everything I do. Every move I make is contradicted by him even after i complained to him then about him after all of his unethical behaviors are not punished at all by the empty meaningless culture here. Anyway I dont fit in becuase I care about my coworkers and their lives along with all the critical overwhelming problems that go unsolved now and will keep going unsolved with alot of arrogant narcissist style managers that dont get coached or fired no matter how many good soul filled workers get destroyed.
What made me leave? Well you have a company that historically paid below market, but we all stayed because we felt secure. Once you take away security, you’re left working for less pay, mediocre benefits and a job that consistently adds more to your plate for less reward. If emerson isn’t loyal to me, why should I be to them? Keep in mind all these executives that made sure to let us know they were taking pay cuts were also receiving their stock options and country club memberships paid for. Unlike the employees who once made this company great, our minuscule raises were froze and who know for how long. So once again, how does emerson have my back and why should we put up with it? I have seen great not good people either let go for simply being a employee number to reduce expenses so that the stock could trade at an all time high to benefit everyone receiving their stock options! Ignore your employees long enough and see who sticks around in the end.
I do think we need to give Lal a chance if I am honest. It’s too early days. It takes time to change the culture of a business. He wouldn’t have been able to influence much when he was under Farr. I think considering the surveys sent out of late he is looking to change things. Let’s see.
It wasn’t just one thing. It was a long series of things that showed me the company isn’t interested in doing things better, at least software wise. I had a guy whose title is architect bitch and refuse to do things how the rest of the world is doing them. I was constantly thrown obstacles for wanting to learn. That was at my level, but if you looked higher things were even worse.
David Farr opened his mouth and proceeded to deliver the worst conference call I have ever heard. Threatening employees to make sure they were working because “he wasn’t born yesterday” and continually sound like an asshole by saying all employees should be in the office just before COVID got the worse in the US, in the fall.
Then you had the freeze in raises but all top executives got a measly cut on their pay while receiving massive stock bonuses. And at least in my division you had multiple acquisitions while the company was laying off and furloughing people. That really rubbed me the wrong way.
My team was cut in half due to layoffs and the stress of not knowing if I was next for almost 8 months really made me miserable. The beginning of the year I applied elsewhere being afraid nobody would hire me but I got a promotion and huge increase in pay Emerson would have never given me.
Looking back the business I was in is doomed because of the industry it serves. Not only that but the things that excite and motivate me were never priorities for the people above me.
My advice to all of you reading this site is get out. It’s only going to get worse and it’s going to be many years before things turn around if ever. I have heard many of the people I worked with are applying elsewhere.
It wasn’t just one thing. It was a long series of things that showed me the company isn’t interested in doing things better, at least software wise. I had a guy whose title is architect bitch and refuse to do things how the rest of the world is doing them. I was constantly thrown obstacles for wanting to learn. That was at my level, but if you looked higher things were even worse.
David Farr opened his mouth and proceeded to deliver the worst conference call I have ever heard. Threatening employees to make sure they were working because “he wasn’t born yesterday” and continually sound like an asshole by saying all employees should be in the office just before COVID got the worse in the US, in the fall.
Then you had the freeze in raises but all top executives got a measly cut on their pay while receiving massive stock bonuses. And at least in my division you had multiple acquisitions while the company was laying off and furloughing people. That really rubbed me the wrong way.
My team was cut in half due to layoffs and the stress of not knowing if I was next for almost 8 months really made me miserable. The beginning of the year I applied elsewhere being afraid nobody would hire me but I got a promotion and huge increase in pay that Emerson would have never given me.
Looking back, the business I was in is doomed because of the industry it serves. Not only that but the things that excite and motivate me were never priorities for the people above me.
My advice to all of you reading this site is get out. It’s only going to get worse and it’s going to be many years before things turn around if ever. I have heard many of the people I worked with are applying elsewhere.
when Pedro became my boss
Well I was very much loyal working in Europe. But then DE Shaw opened their mouth had their say and a lot of loyal people have been shown the door. Many of whom had decades of experience and helped improve many of the processes. Jobs are being replaced in cluj. Well until Emerson decides to move everything again to an even lower cost country and make them redundant. So anyway for me there is now no chance of progression in the company, unless you went to Harvard and got an MBA and look like you not yet hit puberty.