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Lutron Electronics

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Bizarre - Project Leader Lutron Electronics Employee Review

2.0
22 Jan 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Regardless of your background, you have the opportunity to work in just about any area in the company. Lutron does a good job hiring smart, interesting people. You will make and keep friends here. Others have said that Lutron is a great place to start a career, and I can see why. Entry-level employees actually shoulder more real responsibility than anyone else. Lutron has a (sort-of) no layoff policy, which can be a comfort.

Cons

The company is a cult of personality surrounding the 83-year-old owner. The major driver behind every decision in the company, even at the highest level, is avoidance of his wrath, which is both perpetual and erratic. The company has no strategic vision, no planning, no budgets, no job descriptions, no development plans, no career paths (outside engineering), and people at the highest levels of the company have commented that they have no way of knowing whether or not the company is even profitable. Profits don't seem to be the point. Satisfying the owner's inscrutable, and increasingly unsustainable, vision does. The owner's mercurial style, combined with weak executive leadership and a lack of organizational vision, results in widespread paranoia and cynical politicking. People in positions of power are insecure because it was not merit but submission that got them there. If you're offered a job here, take it if you need to (obviously), but just know going in that the place will mess with your head, and be prepared for that. Lutron is frequently referred to by employees as a "circus," "a joke," and "a social experiment gone wrong."

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good WLB, friendly and helpful work environment, free snacks/drinks

Cons

Pay could be a bit higher

1.0
20 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

— Legitimate portfolio work: the role involved a full website overhaul and product PDP writing, which has real value on a CV — The company name carries weight and looks good on paper

Cons

Pay was consistently late — sometimes by three weeks. No explanation, no heads up, no acknowledgment of the stress this creates for contractors who don't have the luxury of waiting indefinitely for money they've already earned. On the day-to-day side: we were required to produce detailed logs of everything we did — long, tedious activity lists that served no clear purpose and ate into actual work time. The broader culture was captured perfectly in a phrase that came up regularly in stakeholder meetings: "I won't fall on my sword" or "I won't die on that hill" — or some variation of it. Upper management had a consistent habit of deflecting accountability downward onto contract workers, who had the least power and the least protection. When things went wrong, contractors were the convenient explanation. When things went right, that credit traveled elsewhere. If you're considering a contract role here, get your payment schedule in writing and ask very specific questions about how your manager operates. What's described as a flexible, collaborative environment may look quite different once you're in it.

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