Honeywell was a great company..., - Principal Engineer Honeywell Employee Review

2.0
Oct 2, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Still have some of the best benefits in the industry (although they are steadily eroding). Full pension (although the medical supplement for retirees was recently dropped), 100% 401K match up to 4% of salary (just reduced from 8%...hopefully temporary but they're not saying, decent vacation accrual and good medical/dental/vision. It is very easy to cross divisions and product lines if you want to expand your career choices. The new Honeywell has brought some much needed discipline to some of the practices of the old Honeywell, but at a price far in excess of the benefit.

Cons

That family feel is gone..., what was once a large company with a small company feel is now a bloated bureaucracy mired in "process" and unable to react nimbly and effectively to changing conditions..., with the exception of reducing budget. The next quarter bottom line is obviously King here now, at the expense of customer satisfacion, general business ethics and certainly the emplyee. We've pretty much alienated every major customer we have through late deliveries, poor quality product releases and refusal to fix product and promised functionality to meet original commitments. Engineering has lost most if not all of their momentum budgets so funding to address issues or opportunities that crop up unexpectedly is doled out scrouge-like if at all. Hiring to meet only committed projects makes accomplishing off plan efforts that ARE funded dicey at best. Loss of production resources, software engineering and increasingly systems engineering is pointing to a company goal focused on managing products rather than engineering products. Very little new development engineering on the horizon.

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5.0
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Pros

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

Cons

complex structure and not a lot of "up to date" visuals to help figure it out

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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