Miserable is the only way to describe Honeywell Aero.
I was one of the lucky ones that got bought off during the WFH debacle but I had 36 years there so I was ready.
What will it take for everyone to leave this miserable company? Leave on your term not when they show you the door or keep taking money away from you via furloughs, RIF's snd benefit reductions.
Crapy leaders, crapy attitudes and no future.
". . .look like you are engaged with their new process while all the real work gets put on the back burner."
This is most certainly true, as is "Solid middle managers and individual contributors are heading for the exits."
It's all turned into a doo-dah parade (Google it) in which each display is more ridiculous than the last. I'm sticking around mostly for the entertainment value these days. Picture a drone watching the Titanic going down. That said, there are still pockets of competence in management, which helps. Don't know how much longer they'll hold out, given that all four levels of my management retired over the past 18 months. Imagine.
Definitely time to get out. Getting worse, not better. Solid middle managers and individual contributors are heading for the exits. Knowledge drain is so bad in some functions that corporate is getting concerned and coming to ask questions even as they looking at spinning off or getting rid of Aero. I agree the new behaviors are one more way to manage out old timers with big paychecks and pensions in favor of the younger set, but without WFH and other perks, the younger ones are leaving after 2-5 years or are no longer coming. It's a mess, isn't it?
I'm waiting just 2 more years, if Aero lasts that long, then I will be ready to leave.
What keeps us from responding with our own load of lies? Flawless launch is working great boss. The outsourced work is the best I've seen. I love wasting time filling out DFMEAs and PFMEAs. Keeps me from shipping hardware, reviewing drawings, testing new product and all the other important tasks that's aren't being tracked by 5 layers of watchers from multiple organizations. I just go from one review to the next with APQP charts and flawless launch artifacts. It's s good way to waste time and look like you are engaged with their new process while all the real work gets put on the back burner. We have spent the last month worrying about some arbitrary OTL date that somebody put in the schedule when we should be working on qualification and customer deliverables.
Got to love the new 8 bahviors!!! LOL!!! Your either a "Winner" or a "Loser". Take chances and be afraid to fail....that gives us a reason to get rid of more of you old employees legally. Be couragous and don't care if you have to step on your employees to get the job done. People dont matter...only your mission. Blah...blah....blah.....drive your employees to be great...and when they fail because the systems and process's you put in place are highly flawed...fire them!!! Such a great environment......I cant stop laughing at this...Honeywell we will tell you anything you want to hear...but NO ONE will buy into this crap. Even the millenials are smart enough to see through this garbage. Let the exodus from Honeywell continue.....and when the Awrospace industry turns around...dont expect anyone to come back...and it is happening at every site around the world....only work for Honeywell if you have no choise...they treat people like crap!!!!
"All subjective behavior" they will grade you at review time. Just another way of putting you in the "elbow" .
I was a site level manager and left Honeywell Aero a year ago today, now working for slightly less pay, less workload and less stress. Have a great team, great manager and working for a great company which is expanding by years end. So Honeywell Aero you take the HOS, the behaviors, brown nosing managers, and whatever other demoralizing tools you have and stuff it!
Spot on
When you are 59+ and19+ years. I so want to leave but seriously. No one is looking to hire someone my age. It's the sad effing truth.
If you are under 50- LEAVE NOW! While you have years left of potential great work.
Best advice ever!
Run while you can.
I have loved Honeywell and it's been good to
me- at least until the last 2 years.
I'm an aero engineer.
Goodbye USA; hello India
100% correct. I am applying for a new job right now. I have been with HON AERO over 13 years and I'm tired of all the metrics, BS, and impotent leaders. Some have chosen to ride this ship all the way to the bottom and they're more than welcome to do so. If anyone has any doubts about the future of the company, take a look at the new 8 behaviors rolled out by Dave Cote Jr. today. Notice something missing? I'll give you a hint: It doesn't mention anything about productivity, job knowledge or skills. It's ALL subjective behavior. We're all f---ed. I've had enough.