ABB reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(8,192 total reviews)
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Morten Wierod

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

ABB has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 8,192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ABB employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Jan 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

”Flexible” hours Challenging subject matter Nice working environment People overall are nice and easy to get along with Very nice lab and equipment Healthy and safe work culture. We are encouraged to stretch and exercise during the day ABB is slowly moving in with much better policies and benefits Lots of smarty pants people to learn from

Cons

Local managers interpret some policies however they want with no accountability (like the new flexible hours policy) ABB vacation policies still haven’t been applied to their adopted Baldor people. Projects drag on and on waiting on layers of approval Too many alpha males roaming the building Pay is so-so HR is farmed out and is the worst Some managers are not good managers of people and micro manage you Raises are insulting Good luck getting a promotion Tendency to make a science project out of the most basic ideas

1.0
Nov 29, 2018

ABB Chennai

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good knowledge sharing programmes and industrial exposure.

Cons

1] work/life balance is totally ABSENT. 2] incentives and monetary growth is too less - 5 % increment would send HRs for a toss. In fact, no compensation is paid for overtime work which is a more than frequent phenomena. 3] career growth is slow unless you earn assignments from abroad. Yes, you earn them and are not assigned to you. 4] 90% being of employees being Tamil has made the office a hub for regional, linguistic and cultural chauvinism - a hell for north Indians. 5] surprise - no cab facilities provided by this MNC. 6] HRs are known to be bulwarks of employee satisfaction in an organisation. It's the reverse here.

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2.0
Oct 16, 2018

Poor Planning from Management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, nice facility, decent work life balance if you need it

Cons

unrealistic project goals, terrible management skills, pay it forward attitude.

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