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Rockwell Automation

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Classic, Slow-moving Midwest Company - Associate Engineer Rockwell Automation Employee Review

2.0
11 Mar 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people, culture, work/life balance

Cons

Very slow moving to get people on-boarded, lack of goals and objectives for seriously talented employees. Workplace in many locations (MKE HQ especially) is incredibly poor for any company, especially a technology company: dark cubical on every floor, thousands of empty old manufacturing space, bathrooms from the 1940s. This company is and will struggle immensely retaining millennials who are craving innovation, modern technology, and location flexibility.

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Rockwell Automation Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I agree that Rockwell Automation has great people and a great culture. We have a long history of success that we are proud of and continue to build upon. The headquarters building is a unique piece of our history dating back to 1903. It has developed over time to house many labs, development areas, employee spaces, manufacturing and much more. We have invested each year and even were just recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of the “Coolest Offices in Milwaukee” based on the many features we offer employees in our headquarters campus. We do recognize that we have much of the Milwaukee Headquarters needs updating and renovating. It will always be a challenge for us to keep our 3 million + square foot campus upgraded as quickly as we like while balancing our investment in product development, technology, sales and marketing, and other business aspects. However, we do have ongoing plans for renovation across the campus. We are very interested in employee input regarding these developments. If you are interested in discussing it, I would welcome a conversation with you. Kind regards, Sandeep (snuchikat@ra.rockwell.com) VP, Workplace Services

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Cons

Process: It's highly, highly process-driven. The layers can feel burdensome. Bottom line: They're chasing it with work being moved from North America and Europe to Asia and South America. There's definitely an old boys club and lots of references generalizating and comparing generations. Environmental policy contradictions: They say they want to be environmentally friendly, but have imposed RTO & are only hiring within commuting range of offices.

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