Honeywell reviews

Constant internal narrative that the company is poor and can't fully restore benefits which were "temporarily reduced/suspended" during great recession even though stock price is 5X. Tuition rembursement tied to 9 block rating (must be 1 or 2 [above average). "At Standard" performance does not count. Removal of ability to telecommute. Toxic work environment (Management by Fear and Intimidation). Negative re-enforcement applied as a employee motivational tool. Essentially W-2 job. There are really no benefits. - Employee pays full cost of Dental - Employee pays full cost of Vision - Medical is catastrophic coverage only Lack of defined vacation benefits (new policy of "unlimited" vacation as long as approved being used as a method to reduce time off for long time employees) Regular small Reduction in Force Job actions even when business conditions do not warrant it. Almost every HR policy ends with the phrase "Failure to comply may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination". Every group is required to have at least one employee on a PIP Mandatory non-compensated overtime for engineers. Failure to do so is counted against employee at review time.

Honeywell, as a corporation, is extremely focused on free cash flow and operating margin, which is much higher than other aerospace companies (so far ....) . This has led to some culture issues that I’ll describe here: - supply chain has been squeezed to the point of complete disfunction. Rebellion of suppliers, huge issues of quality/delivery that are managed through heroic efforts by employees. Engineering is the current scapegoat (for a variety of complex reasons). Large portions of engineering is just focused on processes and manufacturing work-arounds, dogwork with very little innovation (many are reassessing their life priorities here) - focus on reducing engineering spend: very little research, plant closure rampant, shifting work to low cost regions at an increasing pace. All companies are doing this, but Honeywell is really starving engineering at a rate that is not comparable to other companies. - limited new product development: growth story from corporate disconnected from product ... Corp focused on software-industrial and connected which is generally inappropriate for aerospace since we don’t sell to end consumer. Business unit leadership scared to provide candid feedback so we dilute scarce resources on low value mandates and have few real products in pipeline. - superficial employee engagement campaigns but gradual reduction in benefits, stagnant wages and expectations for mandatory overtime. It’s feeling very much like “1984” with the propaganda vs reality. - High attrition from retirement and disillusioned new grads when faced with the above. I would generally tell prospective new employees to carefully examine the work opportunity & product growth plans and ask yourself “what do I want to do with my career?” There are some good opportunities, but the environment is soul-sucking.