6 Sept 2024
Power/mation Reviews
3.3
68% would recommend to a friend
71% positive business outlook
Power/mation has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Power/mation 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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15 reviews
1.0
25 Jun 2024
How this company operates defies all logic
Former employee, less than 1 year
Pewaukee, WI
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
- They have hired a "corporate" team to help this company "grow up," from the standpoint of scaling the operation to increase revenue. They have some good people in place, but the push-back from the owners seems to bring a lot of consternation. The current owners' lack of corporate experience and inability to create processes, and best practices or hire consultants or experts to assist, has them drowning against competition. - There is some degree of flexibility with your manager regarding scheduling. - Reduction in force was the smartest thing this company could have done recently considering its current situation. As an employee who was let go, I was not surprised at all knowing that it was best for the company.
Cons
- Since owners (Sales) control the business, supporting staff and administration are unable to put processes in place to improve the business- this is the likely reason for the 4th "corporate" president being in place in the last couple of years. - There are so few (if any) processes in place that nothing is ever done correctly the first time; there is always constant re-work involved. There is ALWAYS a caveat to any request so nothing can ever be documented or repeatable. - There is no CRM software/system in place, therefore company depends on suppliers (or?) to give them sales leads. - There are likely 50+ Inside Sales positions which are truly customer service representatives taking orders over the phone (with credit cards no less!) rather than generating leads. - The Epicor Prophet 21 ERP system in place is clunky and labor-intensive regarding pricing and leaves a huge margin for regular errors. Owners failed to invest the correct $ since they do not see value in an ERP system, period. - The word "family" is used often and hypocritically. "We are a family- we need to support other departments." Ew. I can imagine this is because it is a small company - 200 employees, but I assure you, people were NOT treated as family. - The facility is HORRIBLE. It needs an overhaul, badly. They only allow work from home 2 days/a wk, but for office days, everyone is on Teams calls with headphones not realizing the levels of his or her volumes in adjacent offices and cubicles. It is not a productive work environment.
4.0
22 Jun 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Experienced coworkers, team atmosphere, a lot of opportunities to learn.
Cons
Not many opportunities for advancement beyond sales.
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