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General Cable

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General Cable Reviews

3.2

59% would recommend to a friend

(202 total reviews)

Andrea Pirondini

77% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

General Cable has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Cable employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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202 reviews
1.0
22 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Real purpose to the job

Cons

Exec management out of touch, and they think they are in touch with operations. Generally known as a 'Royal Visit' when they turn up. Largely don't listen, want to show that they've visited the front line and the withdraw to HO. Want to be MenCap.

1.0
20 Jul 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Free parking 2. Free coffee 3. Free gym

Cons

Lack of Leadership: Everyone outside of General Cable is familiar with the results; restated 10-K’s, poor internal controls that resulted in a massive fraud in Brazil and bribing of officials that resulted in violations of the foreign corrupt practices act. How did all of this happen over the last few years? Easy, poor leadership at the VP and Executive VP levels. The poor leadership is particularly bad in the Global Controller and CFO roles. Their incompetence has resulted in these problems for which General Cable has never been able to rebound from. So how do they demonstrate their incompetence? Let me count the ways; (1) lack of technical skills – If you enjoy that deer-in-the-headlights look from your boss when you pose a technical question to them, then General Cable’s finance departments are the place for you. (2) lack of engagement with their direct reports and other departments. (3) fear of decision making: I’ve never seen a collective group of adults pee down their legs as frequently as the VPs and Executive VPs do when they are faced with making a decision.

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