Great people, terrible company. - Engineer/Scientist R&D II Honeywell Employee Review

1.0
May 27, 2017
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Honeywell's "revolving door" philosophy makes it a leader in providing the 3-5 years of experience required to obtain your dream job. You will have the opportunity to work with some bright, talented, and personable people.

Cons

You will also find that many employees from the pre-Honeywell era are simply counting the days until their retirement. You can obtain the experience you need for gainful employment outside of Honeywell if you can stand listening to senior employees say thing like "this used to be a fun place to work". Surveys conducted by the company will indicate your compensation is competitive, but I found that my own pay was ~20-30% below that of my contemporaries from school. My first (prorated) merit increase in my new job was more generous than any merit increase I received from a full years' work for Honeywell. Even while RIF's occurred at lower levels within the company, new roles were being created in upper management with goals which sounded arbitrary, or redundant with those of existing positions. This gave me the impression that the cautious fiscal conservatism preached in quarterly updates was little more than a way to funnel pay out of low-level employees' pockets to support cronyism in upper management.

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Pros

Great work environment Inclusive culture Awesome diversity and inclusion Flexible work schedule Competitive Benefits package Great Employee Engagement

Cons

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1.0
Jul 3, 2026
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Pros

I really didn’t find any pros. This was by far the worst experience of my career.

Cons

Company is solely focused on hitting quarterly results by any means possible which limits any long term thinking or decision making. The culture is cut throat, the open floor plan limits the ability to connect with co-workers, allows for zero personal space and feels like working in a call center. Leadership has adopted the GE model from the 80’s and has no idea how to treat people. For example,I was called ‘f$%^ing’ stupid by a C-Suite leader and was present in many meetings involving Sr. Leaders cussing out junior employees. To say it was demoralizing would be an understatement. The company claims to be on the cutting edge of technology, but it’s all show, smoke and mirrors. This is a thermostat, scanner and floor fan company that cannot figure out how to innovate beyond adding Bluetooth or moving the power button. Software products are developed by people with absolutely no knowledge of operations and the turnover rate is beyond acceptable. Most of the positive reviews on this site are written by people who are new to Honeywell and in the honeymoon period. This is intentional and is an action in the onboarding process to make the company look better than it is. Reviews by tenured employees are generally poor and consistent with this feedback.

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