Rockwell Automation
Rockwell Automation Employee Reviews
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Large, well known company with good product
Product Design Engineer (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 25 July 2018
Standard work day with bit of an outdated atmosphere. Use of ProE software to model in 3D and evaluate product. Cross boarder work available if willing to relocate.
Pros
Large strong company with opportunity
Cons
Outdated management team
A good place to work with good benifits
Senior Mechanical Designer (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 19 June 2018
I learned a great deal about the industry and there where plenty of growth opportunities within the organization. There was a very positive reward system in place while I was there.
Pros
Very organized
Cons
No coments
Great work environment with a great team
Painter (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 7 March 2018
My day started with meeting the head painter and get my painting duties for the shift. Then I would start painting according to the managers requirements. Then clean up work station at the end of my shift. The managers and co workers were amazing as we all assisted and supported one another. The hardest part of this position was the night shifts. However, I enjoyed how the day moved quickly and I could independently on the tasks outlined for my shift.
Pros
the shift of 4 10 hour days with 3 off
Cons
the night shifts
Workplace Culture
Marketing Data Analyst / Executive Assistant (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 10 December 2017
Excellent- We had a great group of people on our team. We worked hard to ensure we were sensitive to peoples different cultures, believes etc. We did activities so people could get to know each other.
Pros
Free Lunches
Cons
not enough time
Good place to work
Powder Coat Paint Specialist (Current Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 27 August 2017
Benefits are excellent. Upper management is helpful and supportive. Co workers are decent. Work production is always good. the hardest part is the the relative motion with painting.
Productive and fun place to work with table tennis table
System Firmware Engineer (Current Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 25 August 2017
I loved working at Rockwell. I learned a lot from very experienced full time engineers. Management is also very organised. They use Agile development process which helps keep everyone in the team very focused. The managers never let the developers feel the heat coming from the higher ups. Overall a nice place to work
Pros
Good working environment, nice people
Cons
Nothing much to do in Cambridge, office is old and outdated lookswise
Awesome place to work the people where awesome. I left to move back to Newfoundland
Door assembly (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 4 August 2017
Very safe place to work. Everybody is there to help you out I enjoy every day coming to work. I learned so much there. Assembled doors for cabinets that were used on oil rigs. Attached hinges and lights to the doors. Read ED. Reading blueprints for doors ' location, and what door needed. Printed work orders from computer on AS400 technology. Trained new employees on how to build doors and use the computer 's operating system. Worked as a team member.
Pros
Awesome 👏
Cons
60 hours a week very busy
Non-Inclusive Culture & Negative Working Environment
Management-Sales Environment (Former Employee) – Calgary, AB – 9 May 2017
Rockwell Automation falsely advertises that they are an inclusive culture & have a positive working environment. Nothing is further from the truth. They do not share information with their staff and keep their employees in the dark, often lying to their faces. Rockwell only cares about incoming sales and the rest of the staff are treated like second class citizens. Rockwell's 'leadership' is terrible and the people they have in charge of Canada are incompetent and frankly, mean spirited. I would never advise anyone to work for this Company. Rockwell does very little to provide training or support for their staff, often leaving them alone to figure it out on their own. Rockwell does not reward or value innovation or forward thinking leadership and new ideas. From my experience, Rockwell leadership only wants you to speak when spoken to and to just keep it to yourself if you have a new idea. I do not recommend this Company to anyone who would like to work in a positive working environment.
Pros
Average pay
Cons
Unprofessional Leadership & Lack of Direction
Cooperative and productive
Co-op - Electricity and Power Development (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 2 May 2017
Very respectful working environment. opportunity to learn new skills.Enjoyed stay at Rockwell automation. learned software development environment and testing.
Pros
All benefits
Cons
no
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What is the interview process like?
Random and continuous development and improvement process
APPLICATION SPECIALIST (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 10 April 2017
I enjoyed working there.
My responsibility was design, sales and technical support for Rockwell product design, installation and overall regular communication with the customers, distributors and plant technician
for completion and delivery of project order.
My responsibility was design, sales and technical support for Rockwell product design, installation and overall regular communication with the customers, distributors and plant technician
for completion and delivery of project order.
gret place
painter cnnc strippett shear operator (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 8 April 2017
a great place to work for. while there got to learn a new trade in many fields and Rockwell is dedicated in training and safety is there number one goal
Pros
work force
Cons
no cons
Manufacturing Engineering Specialist
Manufacturing Engineering Specialist (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 15 May 2016
Excellent place to work at which offers personal growth and loads of learning. Co-workers were amazingly helpful.
Typical work day:
Attend various meetings, e.g. MRB, FMEA, Safety Rails, project meetings.
Work on different project.
Investigate new technologies to make work better and efficient.
Typical work day:
Attend various meetings, e.g. MRB, FMEA, Safety Rails, project meetings.
Work on different project.
Investigate new technologies to make work better and efficient.
Pros
An excellent and friendly environment.
Cons
None
Bonne entreprise
INSTALLATION/PRODUCTION PROGRAMMER (Former Employee) – Brossard, QC – 1 May 2016
Voici quelques-unes de mes réalisations :
• J’ai programmé et maintenu pendant quinze ans l’installation et la production des produits Rockwell Automation. (ISaGRAF, AADvance, Virgo 2000, etc…)(NSIS, InstallShield, MSI, etc…)
• J’ai automatisé la production des logiciels Rockwell et élaboré des tests automatiques (TAF, TeamCity, etc…)
• J’ai obtenu une certification InstallShield.
• J’ai programmé et maintenu pendant quinze ans l’installation et la production des produits Rockwell Automation. (ISaGRAF, AADvance, Virgo 2000, etc…)(NSIS, InstallShield, MSI, etc…)
• J’ai automatisé la production des logiciels Rockwell et élaboré des tests automatiques (TAF, TeamCity, etc…)
• J’ai obtenu une certification InstallShield.
Pros
Flexibilité
Cons
Communication
Fun group of people to work with
account manager (Former Employee) – Canada – 13 January 2016
RA is driven by the bottom $ only they do not look ahead they will layoff just to make the number, Was there for 2 years and during that time 3 layoff regardless of the time you were with the company
if you were part of the buddy system you survive. They have a major chip on their shoulder we are RA and people will buy us anyway, this is not a good attitude for the customer.
A lot of people are making time just to get their point to retire
if you were part of the buddy system you survive. They have a major chip on their shoulder we are RA and people will buy us anyway, this is not a good attitude for the customer.
A lot of people are making time just to get their point to retire
Pros
None
Cons
Company has no vision of the real world
Job security is a big factor with more layoffs to come
Shipper Receiver (Former Employee) – Cambridge, ON – 12 January 2016
Rockwell Automation at one time (not in the last two years) only hired through a Temp Agency. It took many people two or more years to make it a fulltime permanent position. Once fulltime has been achieved, the previous temp time is not included in seniority. with so many other people having been there for a number of years (when people were hired within three months), there is a big gap in seniority when it comes to layoffs. I am a good example of this senairio. I've spent the last 10+ years At Rockwell and we are soon to be hit with a third round of layoffs and I'm next unfortunatley