Avery Dennison Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Avery Dennison full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good benefits, a lot of breaks. Very strict about safety.... Good working environment.

Cons – In the end, your a number. Get your targets, or your out. They demand that you are very flexible, but they arent.

Advice to Senior Management – Dont make people feel like a number?

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison full-time for more than a year

Pros – People - They are the best, everyone is very helpful and will really would take you under their wing. Leadership is starting to head in the right direction so things are improving

Cons – Change is not the easiest thing to manage and as change happens somethings will not be taken positive by all. It will be hard to take everyone to steer in the same direction

Advice to Senior Management – Create programs to infuse the small company feel in a big company. Regular employee team building, bonding programs can help to build a stronger environment and a desirable work place

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great work culture and very low turnover of people

Cons – presently going through roller coaster ride after 3M deal failed

Advice to Senior Management – if possible please re-work on the 3M deal

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avery Dennison full-time for more than a year

Pros – good promotion opp within organization

Cons – not the best work life balance

Advice to Senior Management – look at the analysts who do a lot

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – benefits for you and your family, steady job with no lay ups, well stablished company, been in bussines for a long time

Cons – they dont take safety seriously, they work you to death with all the over time, they force you to work if they do not find people to take voluntary

Advice to Senior Management – treat production employees a little better,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison

Pros – Development taken seriously in the organization.
Friendly work environment. Organizational culture is collaborative and open.
Truly International. Possibilities for international assignments/relocation are common.
Dynamic and interesting work. Values job enrichment.

Cons – I have nothing significant to contribute to this section. Some of the main locations where this company operates may not be very desirable, and over the past few years the organization has gone through many changes that can be a bit distracting.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Avery Dennison full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good company and great location

Cons – Excessive targets, push to our maximum with minimal pay

Advice to Senior Management – Like the previous comment, being more human might help.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people. Coworkers (the ones that have chosen to stay among the turmoil) are fantastic.
Leadership sometimes gives their LA Clippers/Lakers/Kings tickets to employees.
Opportunity for international travel

Cons – Leadership does not communicate business direction.
Layoffs always around the corner, very stressful.
Re-organization and re-structuring 2+ times per year.
Hard to do process improvements with shrinking budget.

Advice to Senior Management – Share your vision for the direction of this company. A lot of us are worried, and are not getting any answers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Avery Dennison full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Avery painesville at one time was thr best place to work. The management in the 70's 80's and 90's involved the employees on team to deal with issues (FEA members). In 2000's Avery went degree for all management from teamleader up and thats when it went sour.

Cons – Micro managed, misleading on issues, no retirement or benifits when you leave in the future from avery. I would not by stocks anymore in this company. the CEO will take a large raise and stock option while the workers on the floor didn't get a raise for a couple of years.

Advice to Senior Management – Hope that Stan Avery cannot get out of his grave because you all will most likely loose your jobs. Look at the OSHA and labor laws closer and start following them to be a better place to work

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Avery Dennison full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The rank and file employees that are currently there generally love the company and put forth 100% effort.

Cons – The Executive team is seriously old-school, with backward views on brand management and human resources. The company has recently dissolved it's corporate research center, is sustainability group and its corporate communications group. The CEO is trying to sell off the company piece by piece.

Advice to Senior Management – Read some contemporary management books, i.e., Good to Great. Avery Dennison fits squarely within the parameters of companies bound for failure, which is sad.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company