Great atmosphere but a LOT of extra 'fat' - IT/IS Emerson Employee Review

4.0
13 Nov 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Laid back, warm atmosphere - Quarterly bonuses that were fairly consistent and reliable - Advancement opportunities - Work/Life balance is unmatched

Cons

- Pay is substantially below market - Extremely heavy in middle management - Many people who've become 'lifers' and have long overstayed their usefulness The problem with the first two points actually lies in the last point: Liebert's management is well aware that the majority of their workforce is unskilled; that is, many people have jobs that are unique to this company alone. As a result, they're largely unskilled (unlike Finance, IT, etc) and Liebert pays accordingly. However, there are some skilled employees (such as Finance, IT, IS, etc). Unfortunately, their pay scales are on par with the unskilled employees. Consequently, employee retention in these areas is not what it ought to be. The company is also very management-heavy. Rather than giving meaningful salary increases, titles are thrown at tenured employees. It's not at all uncommon to see managers who have 1 or even 0 direct reports... and they literally have nothing to do all day long. These cons aside, it's a genuinely enjoyable environment.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great work - life balance

Cons

limited growth opportunities unless willing to relocate

2.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great immediate supervisor and their boss. Made top-down communications tolerable. Great co-workers and great collaboration that lifted the entire team.

Cons

(1) RIF based on tenure, not performance. HR is too powerful a department, and everyone fears it. (2) Tenure made you lazy, killed creativity, initiative, and promoted a "yes" culture. (3) During COVID layoffs, CEO pay went from $3.7 million to $15.x million, while employees endured 25% furloughs for 3 months, and management 10% reduction in pay for 6 months - explain how that is reasonable. (4) CEO declared DEI as the way forward for career mobility, and a lot of young, promising talent walked out the door, including DEI-qualified minorities. (5) I was one of those minorities.

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