After years of watching HON treat its employees with complete disdain, I have lost all interest in trying hard and doing my best for the company. Now I'm doing the bare minimum and spending any time I have left to search for a new job. That's as much as this place and those on top who have completely destroyed it deserve.
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NES employee retired.
I agree with the perception of management.
They are generally useless.
Having said that, people who have chosen to throw their work ethic in the trash are just dumping on the rest of the folks who still try their best to get stuff done. I know this from experience. You aren’t hurting management.
They’re busy keeping theirs heads down, hoping nobody notices.
If you’re gonna cash the check, stop screwing your comrades and do your job. Potential employer ought to be ware of hiring you.
Listen to yourself. Would you hire you?
Our recently released VP GM never worked, he just like to play mind games with his direct reports and customers. He just threatened people a lot and through people under the bus for over 12 years and was never PIP once by HR or Senior Management. Therefore everyone has been coasting in our LOB and when allowed to work from home and the unlimited vacation was introduced we all just went on unlimited vacation and played the weekly phone conference call game and made up smart sounding stuff to say how great everything was going and he never knew any different given he knew nothing about the actual business or what people were doing or not doing. Guess his age and years of service finally caught up with him.
I totally agree, I love this working from home and unlimited vacation policy too. I have easily spent more time on vacation than working, since they granted us the unlimited vacation and ability to not come into the office. The best part seems no one either cares or notices. It seems like everyone is doing this these days given the way we are treated. The key is to never pick up the phone and make everyone (especially the boss) leave a message and caller ID allows you to k ow both who is calling and how many times they have called. Alway wait at least one hour before responding to any phone calls or emails and just say I have been super busy. I just look for phone calls or emails a couple times a day. It’s so very true how busy I am, it’s just funny how very, very busy I am having fun vacationing.
I have found working a lot, getting things done, going above and beyond just gets me more work. I am "at standard" no matter what, I am "just doing my job like I am supposed to", I do get blamed and pushed if something isn't done, and not that I really care - never get even a thank you for what I do. What does bother me is that there is never any help. I do get a paycheck. Honeywell does not seem to care about me, so I have to care about me and getting a paycheck as long as I need one. I think it all comes from corporate. They want the people managers to say certain things, speak a certain way that will motivate workers to jump through flaming hoops on the weekend to get revenue. Don't have to spend any $$ to do that.
You are a loser at Honeywell and with that attitude, you will be a loser wherever you go.
When there is no consequence for poor work ethic and no reward for good work ethic, there is no motivation.
I have discovered over the years that the only people who get ahead at HW are brown nosers. Even after giving up months of my personal life in order to make a company consolidation project a success, and then working 6 months of mandatory overtime, I was told my coworkers and I could only get a 5-block rating.
The only ones who got a reasonable raise this time around were those who were tight with our manager. It doesn't pay to excel at HW!
It’s great working from home these days. I am getting a lot done around the house, even went to Florida for a week of work from home vacation time and no one at Honeywell even noticed, they thought I was in my home office. We met several other families doing the same type work from home vacations that either worked for the government or large dysfunctional organizations like Honeywell. We are planning a summer work from home trip to see the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas next month and I am sure no one will notice. I enjoy this new found freedom that working from home and unlimited vacation policy provides.
Left Honeywell over a year ago. Was the best decision I ever made. Love my new job and the people, and getting paid substantially more.
Move to enough companies and you will learn that the problems follow you.
Sometimes you will encounter a team that clicks.
Treasure that moment because it rarely lasts.
A lot of us quit and stayed for a number years before finally other quiting or getting RIF'ed. Honeywell has destroyed many an employee's work ethic and motivation. Try not to take this baggage with you. I still struggle at times on my new job getting useful a friendly and open work environment. I worry if I had stayed at Honeywell much longer that I may have become unemployable. Leave at first opportunity and never look back.
Wise, that. I always keeled over when I saw those driving themselves trying to prop up the incompetent management. The furrowed brows, the bulging briefcase full of work taken home every night. Meanwhile, their superiors sported a perpetual eating grin and a quizzical "What? Me worry?
Yes, it’s a great time to do the background preparation (for job search) as not being engaged at work has some toll on your own motivation and confidence. After I formally resigned, I reached to a number of colleagues, whose work will be direct impacted due to my departure, to convey how much I enjoyed working with them and ensuring them that work will be transferred smoothly. A number of my colleagues reached out individually and conveyed the sense of loss for the organization and their pleasure to work with me. But when I announced the same news in a team meeting, not a single person bothered to say thank or anything else. It further reinforced my understanding that there are nice people here but when they come together as a team, they become dysfunctional and non-emphatic. It’s not a problem of individuals but it’s a cultural problem that the leaders have to think about instead of focusing on individual talent hiring and retention. I am glad that I am leaving and wish all the best to my colleagues.
Hope you find something immediately, because the rest of us don't need someone with your work ethic hanging around forever.
But, the stock holders, which some us in Honeywell are, loves this company dearly. Such good performing company as it is perceived to be at the big screen in Wall Street