Honeywell's one goal = make David Cote wealthy (all other employees go pound sand) - Engineer Honeywell Employee Review

1.0
Nov 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

You won't have a lot of left over salary to make frivilous purchases like an new car, nicer home, cool vacations, etc. You can pretty much work the hours you want. Your manager is too busy trying to score his/her next move to watch you. This is because most people who advance at Honeywell never stay longer than 3 years in one place. Keep moving so you never have to live with the decisions you made. Anyone who stays in their current role longer than 5 years is a loser.

Cons

Worst health care premiums and employee benefits in the Fortune 500. How about $7400/year for medical insurance on a family of four? And that's with a $3000 deductible. You're into your own pocket for $10,000 before the company spends one penny on you or your families health needs.. My business has lost over 30% of the salaried employees in the last 3 years. These were 20+ year employees. Every one of them went to a company with better benefits and pay. In most cases it takes 2-3 quarters to get approval to hire their replacements. Dave Cote has said "we will not be replacing employees in USA and Western Europe". So this is a dead end opportunityfor most North American and European careers. If you are looking for a job and you are a USA/European technical person - look somewhere else. Honeywell Sr. Management believes in the engineering prowess of such technical "hotspots" as Tianjin,CH, Bangalore, IN and Tijuana, MX ! That's where they are investing for the future. Not the USA.

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

fast paced, engaged teams, rigorous onboarding process, helpful individuals to find your way

Cons

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5.0
Jul 6, 2026
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Pros

Helpful co-workers when questions arise. Managers guidance is very insightful with knowing which routes to take when simple procedures have different paths to getting them done.

Cons

There is not a lot of streamlined paths to doing things. Some things may need to be done differently, but there may not be instructions on how to do those things. Which I have to reach out to co-workers for help.

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