I don't think of myself as much better than others, but HON desperately misses those former employees who were the best at their job, who had the knowledge, energy, will to work, love for their job, from whom much could be learned and who were great role models.
Now there are too many employees here who try their best to work quietly, be unnoticed, fly under the radar and not draw attention to themselves.
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If you don't mind gratuitous cruelty and phonied up employee reviews you'll love it here.
Not to mention, that you might get 9 block'd because you drew the short straw, not because of your performance.
Expertise = Expense. Expenses are Bad. Honeywell's corporate philosophy is to replace expensive skilled employees with cheaper alternatives. As the cheaper alternatives become expensive and skilled, then it's time to replace them too. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
Such is the culture that management has curated over the years. When you lay workers off at the slightest breeze of a revenue shortfall, why would an employee ever go above and beyond in return?
Employees are no longer empowered. There was a time when someone could halt production/testing in order to resolve a problem. Those days are gone, and it is best to keep your head down and try to go unnoticed.
True, don't take risk. Walk fast if in a rooftop, be remarkably average to be perceived as a non-threat in a toxic culture. Forge on future shapers....forge on.
Honeywell doesn't miss my expertise because my prevention of many potential problems was never known, not there was any point of making a big deal of it.
Honeywell leaders don't miss anyone. I've never seen an organization that was more "don't let the door hit you on the way out." They truly don't value talent and believe that anyone who leaves is disloyal. That should say something to the people still there.
OP - Trying to do more in this environment either gets you more work or risks getting you blamed when something doesn't go quite right. And doing extra work well will get you firmly in the "at standard" 5-block, "because I have to". Not worth it.
It all boils down to Pareto principle of 80- 20. HON has lately lost a lot of people from 20% of population.
Nope, your all doomed