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Eaton looks good on paper. There has been lots of turnover in staff  due to low wages, poor management,  lack of training and the inability to grow into a leadership role.
 The work is very repetitive and I received little training and felt stress often due to lack of guidance from management. 
 Eaton focused on metrics and numbers  and little on the problems that lead to mistakes, we tossed out more product due to mistakes because of the poor training  and managers who had never done the job. 
 We were told that the company had set a record for sales but when it came to giving raises we were informed that most of us would only get 2.8% extra not keeping with inflation, a week later  they handed out gourmet CUPCAKES to thank us for our work,"let them eat cake".
 They have a constant stream of temporary workers so the same mistakes get made over and over.
 If you are looking to grow into management of any kind they only accept people with college degrees, and do not value experience.
 My fellow workers were kind and helpful but the company suffers from lack of appreciation for what they have.
Only work here if you need a job, I will miss the people,not the work or upper management. 


It is just like any other job, love hate relationship. 
Sometimes you are just too busy and sometimes, there is nothing to do. I learnt about marketing, technical support and I also learnt some project management. There was not too much management involvement that affected me, I felt like I was responsible for myself most of the time as the management team did not deliver the messages I had. Sometimes, co-workers will take advantage of you and give you more responsibilities and management will do nothing to change that. Adapting to the environment described above can be tough but it is a good company overall but there were no job advancement for me and I could not get any other positions with the company. I enjoyed spending time with some of my co-workers and customers, a lot of communication skills are needed and I felt like I developed a lot of it with my position.
They advertise themselves as having competitive salary but it is not.

A complicated machine of a company. High demand electrical product which the company doesn't seem to be able to deliver to its customers on time on or to the correct design spec.

Working in the field I had to continually smooth out customer problems due to short shipment, incorrect design or warranty work.

If only these fundamental problems would be resolved the job could be very interesting. A lot of out town work but the company compensated you well for that. Due to the complexity of the business model the management is not quite got a full control of the departments. It seemed that there was always a lack of people and job positions open yet not being filled.

I didn't always think that the company/area office played as a team, there seem to be a lot of back biting and people trying to stab you in the back, lack of co-operation between departs.

Company is so bogged down by ecternal outsourcing and multi-level approval processes that hiring takes forever (average 4 months). Training is restricted to in-house so due to the busy building srason it also takes way too long as you are waiting for someone to have the time to train you. Chances for advancement or even movement from one department to another is difficult from within.  There are no internal job postings so if you want to change jobs or apply for a  new posting you have to apply like someine off the street and are given no preference.  Currently working continuously short staffed in my department for 2 years straight and expected to work overtime.

 Coordinated with COE, Mechanical designer, wiring coordinator and shop foreman.
 Using PDAS drawings, equipment list, vendor drawings and other documentation to produce detailed electrical design and drawings.
 Managed the production drawings based on the plant production schedule and coordinated with the drafting department in India (L&T) to provide wiring diagram.
 Responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of assigned work.
 Prepare and modify drawings, using AutoCAD, for customer approval, manufacturing and as-built revisions for control and distribution assemblies from 120V to 25kV. Drawing types included front view, base plan, power flow, three line, control schematics, wiring diagrams, bill of materials and nameplates.

 Accurately entering data into Oracle to ensure proper account of inventory and timely delivery to appropriate warehouse locations
 Responding to inquiries from planners and management regarding the status of incoming shipments in a timely manner
 Communicating with receivers to prioritize the delivery of rush parts into inventory
 Efficiently navigating Oracle to retrieve part locators, BOH quantities, dates of inventory delivery, and other order information as required
 Resolving any discrepancies between shipments received and corresponding information on packing slips
 Other ad-hoc duties as required (creating SRA forms, issuing miscellaneous receipts, investigating aged purchase orders/requisitions)

Great work environment with a supportive and approachable team lead, backed by strong, transparent management. The culture is positive, inclusive, and highly collaborative, making it easy to share ideas and feel valued. Communication is clear, expectations are well defined, and leadership is responsive and fair. There are strong opportunities for learning, skill development, and career growth, along with recognition for hard work and contributions. The workplace promotes a healthy work-life balance, offers flexibility when needed, and maintains a professional yet friendly atmosphere. Overall, an excellent place to work where employees are respected, supported, and motivated to succeed.


Eaton is a very big American company with a lot of good products. Their protected position in the marketplace makes them secure and steadily profitable.
The management is inept from top to bottom. They emulate Japanese workplace improvement  programs without understanding them. Hence, they go around and around in circles. This is very frustrating for anyone who actually wants to get something done or to change things for the better. Incompetent employees hang on for life and make life miserable for everyone else. Engineers leave the place in droves.

Company not doing well, losing money.  Products are not up to par, lots of customer complaints.  Senior leaders of the organization are not present, don't hear from them and don't see them.  They don't care for the employees.  Cannot trust the managers at headoffice.  This is a company that is very slow to react to problems.  There is a culture of promoting your terrible managers instead of addressing the problems.  Very demotivating environment

This company treats people like robots. They expect you to know everything in the production line by the second week. The co-worker was the best thing in this experience. I was asked to be faster in a station that 3 people work at it. but they did not like my work because I wasn't fast enough. They care about "safety" so the workers should be more careful about forklifts!! not the other way around. 
I am so happy that I left this job because they pay good but they kill you inside. 

Thank you 

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