A once proud tradition that was Honeywell is a shadow of it's former self. Treacherous and Greed amongst the executives are chasing truly gifted and knowledgeable engineering expertise to retire early or pursue greener pastures. A sad state of affairs considering the proud tradition that made the Honeywell name great. Now that name is meaningless as a true stalwart of engineering innovation.
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I was around when MM cut the momentum budget and I was "immediately affected". Interestingly during the "momentum" problems were being addressed that had been nagging the company for years. I'd imagine that ended with many of those same problems still going on now, with new ones added. I'm guessing they don't fix the leaking roof because maybe they're hoping for insurance to pay for it after it collapses in a storm. Or get a taxpayer handout. While cutting jobs.
Leave Honeywell. It is obviously never going to get any better. The employees have zero power to change its course. They are going to do everything to get rid of employees in the US. Take care of yourself. Make Your Career Great Again.
This is almost exactly the fourth anniversary of the date when Mickey Mouse (well, the same initials) cut all momentum and transition funding at Aerospace Engines in Phoenix. Momentum was how production support was funded – casting issues, that sort of thing, and it's how I charged over 50% of my time back then. Anyway, the message that was sent was that Honeywell wasn't going to support production or fielded products anymore, and my experience was worth zip in helping to meet production goals. I thought it was a joke at the time, but learnt otherwise, culminating in my somewhat voluntary retirement (remember Project 248) in August of 2018.
Now this mo–n is running the place entirely. I started with AiResearch in 1968, and it was a hardware company. Aerospace Engines still was in 2018, but now hardware is evil and software rules. I'm out and have sold all my stock. It'll be interesting to see how the next 5-10 years go, but I'll be watching from the sidelines.
Sadly the reason they are leaving is they have no real work. The executives are just in line the top down strategy to move honeywell out of the “industrial conglomerates” and into the “software industrial” category. Translation — we don’t want to design, manufacture, or test hardware. We will if we absolutely must but it is not the primary revenue driver anymore.
This is what disruption looks like.
Remember when IBM made computers?
Remember when Lear made jets?