Pentair Reviews

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Mostly nice colleagues, a lot of freedom to pursue own ideas, great team work, fair compensation, working in a growing sector (water)

Cons – Silo thinking, too much politics, no recognition of high or low performance, knowing the right people or being in the right network most relevant, NO business strategy, only short term performance orientation, top management without any clue about the business/industry

Advice to Senior Management – Act mor as entrepreneurs than investment bankers, enable lower management , stop celebrating Randy more than your customers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than a year

Pros – Exciting, continuously growing, and expanding company with plenty of opportunities to move domestically and abroad for motivated individuals.
Teamwork-oriented work group with solid principles and core values.

Cons – The work / life balance needs some work

Advice to Senior Management – Keep expanding, driving saturation of new markets

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

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - Team orientated.
- Well defined goals and systems.
- Good bonus system.
-Good management team.

Cons – - Toomany metrics and data collection.
- Not very flexible with their systems.

Advice to Senior Management – - Communication is key.
- Practice what you preach.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pentair

Pros – really nice company and nice staff

Cons – maybe a little bit far from the city

I worked at Pentair full-time for more than a year

Pros – High quality of contributors. They offered a nice work/life balance and invested training of individuals for growth. They offered "best of breed" solutions that allows one to sell and promote on quality.

Cons – Difficult market at the moment. Many layoffs have made the work environment trying a times.

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

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Tyco Thermal Controls was an acquisition of Pentair in October 2012. TTC was an excellent company with literally the best products in the world. Mature and well run business model. Really talented people. Excellent resources.

Cons – The period from 1 October through the 11 February layoff of 82 people worldwide was the most dysfuntional period I had seen in over 33 years of business. If you weren't looking over your shoulder you were wondering what Pentair had planned for the future. Communication was virtually non-existent and management representaives on the Global Leadership Team excelled at obsfuscation and mid-direction.

A true disservice to shareholders, stakeholders and vendors. It will take decades to build loyalty.

Please note that I was among the 82 laid off. Intelectually I can understand it. From a business and PR standbpoint a disaster. It would not have been so bad if they knew what I did and was underperforming. I was 'tagged' in a spreadsheet. A great euphamism for today's short-term mentality.

Really good people are going through the motions and spending more time on a daily basis polishing resumes and updating Linked In profiles than doing actual work.

Advice to Senior Management – If you are going to buy a construction company with almost $1 billion in Alberta Tar Sands projects on the books do some homework. These revenue NEVER accrue in the quarters to which you post glowing Wall Street Reports. This is a long-term asset that requires patience and people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Tyco Thermal Controls was an acquisition of Pentair in October 2012. TTC was an amazing work-place that didn't micromanage for efficiency and people were happy to come to work.

Cons – I was not among those laid off, but Pentair is *not* a loyal company to long term employees in their acquisitions. Micromanaging has begun (all employees are now required to email their boss upon logging in and out each day) and the previous environment is lost. Employees with 15-25 years of experience in our niche field were unceremoniously laid-off to hire less expensive, inexperienced foreigners who will work for a pittance and a visa. It's truly unfortunate what has become of this formerly amazing workplace. Advancement is slow or nonexistent.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Pentair full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Was excellent when started. Common direction and goals.

Cons – Top Management either wants certain aspects to fail or they are oblivious. Either way direction is on a quick downward slope. Lots of higher management that don't add value while cutting the mid to low level of employees that actually do the work.
Bottom line is all this company cares about, employees are tools to be cut whenever possible.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire your upper management or pay attention.

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

I have been working at Pentair full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Very stable company. Low levels of politics. Lots of opportunity to improve your skills and knowledge.competitive salary. Working hours are flexible to accommodate family.

Cons – Not focused in retaining talent. No clear career path.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on value added projects than make look good lean projects with no sizable return.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Pentair full-time

Pros – Good People to work with and good products ensure you the ability to sell materials. The product portfolio is large and recognized world wide for its quality.

Cons – Operationally a nightmare, the company is disconnected internally and lacks focus. The distribution channel is fragmented and massive increases in Inside Sales support is needed.

Advice to Senior Management – Have Operations report to the Sales Management team and combine thier efforts so that they are working together to achieve the same goals.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend