I knew that Emerson was not a company I wanted to stay in for long, but it turned out that the atmosphere here was worse than I could have imagined. Here, every mediocrity is more valued than people who really have the skills. Maybe I would stay here if I was close to retirement.
I think a person has to be pretty desperate to otherwise stay here longer than two years max?
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Oh yes, and don't think you get compensated if you are over 60. They (at least in Germany) let the State pay it per unemployment benefit. And then you are pushed into early retirement, even if you have a deduction of > 10 % for lifetime.
Doesn't matter if you were 20, 30 or 40 years with the company. Emerson knows how to save money!
Careful… Emerson has no problem with laying off folks over 60. Nobody is safe when they need to “save money “.
It has happened where people have come back. I knew of a few people in my office. But many didn’t lol.
Better question is what executives are coming bAck?
Very few people are leaving and coming back in the last few years. People use to shuffle from abb, Siemens, Rockwell and Emerson but very few coming to Emerson now.
Who has left and come back? I only no of one person
It’s not that we didn’t make it, it’s that we can make more elsewhere. Emerson isn’t competing for talent anymore. Poor salaries, poor benefits, old school corporate culture and leadership. No innovation, just M&A. The people that come back must be used to the slow lazy unproductive culture at Emerson. Most other companies have higher standards for excellence and a push to create value. Emerson still living innovation from 20 years ago.
Always funny to see those that don't make it blame their mediocrity on someone else. Relationships, culture, blah blah. For those that left and are happy, good for them. There are many that also didn't find it any better and came back. No matter how you look at it, EMR is 1 or 2 in most markets and people like working for winners. People working for EMR are mostly happy to be there.
All are correct
It’s career dead end for most.
It's more about relationships than competencies. Just compare and contrast people's background at Emerson versus any other industrial peer. Sort of depressing - just living off past accomplishments with no real future...