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The Danfoss Group is a global producer of products and services used in areas such as cooling food, air conditioning, heating buildings. read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
300
TOTAL
RATINGS
1757

Danfoss Company Culture

Danfoss Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
Choice Employer
A
4.5/5

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Danfoss CEO

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies
Kim Fausing Danfoss' CEO
Kim Fausing
79 /100

Diversity at Danfoss

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies
A+

Diverse employees at Danfoss have rated CEO Rating, Executive Team, and Perks And Benefits as the highest categories they have scored

Women at Danfoss

Top 5%Top 5% of Similar Size Companies
A+

Women at Danfoss have rated Office Culture, CEO Rating, and Outlook as the highest categories they have scored

Danfoss eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Top 10%Top 10% of Similar Size Companies

Recommend to a Friend?

35

Danfoss employees are 35% more likely to recommend Danfoss as a great place to work

58%Promoters
19%Passives
23%Detractors

Working at Danfoss

Working at Danfoss is rated highly by 300 employees, across various culture dimensions. Danfoss employees are most satisfied about CEO Rating, Environment, and Meetings categories, putting Danfoss’s culture in the Top 10% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably. See below in detail how working at Danfoss was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Danfoss

A

Overall Company Culture at Danfoss is rated A

Last updated 11 days ago

Top
10%

Danfoss ranks in the Top 10% of other companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Overall Company Culture Score by Department

This graph details how each department scores their Overall Company Culture

Results from 300 Employees

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IT
94
IT94
Engineering
83
Engineering83
Operations
79
Operations79

Danfoss Employee Reviews

Out of 127 Danfoss employee reviews, 79% were positive. The remaining 21% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Danfoss improve their work culture.

79%
21%
Positive Reviews79%
Constructive Feedback21%

Positive Reviews From Danfoss Employees

  • What makes you most happy at work?
    Sharing information/ knowledge sharing for continious improvement. You dont feel alone.
    Posted 11 days ago
  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    Emphasize safety and have systems to check/ evaluate
    Posted 11 days ago
  • What do you like best about the leadership team?
    All of them are very good in their rolls

Constructive Feedback From Danfoss Employees

  • What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
    When hiring someone take them out to job they will be doing before you hire them before the training starts to see if they can do it or not
  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Training people constantly and you get no more pay
  • What does the leadership team need to get better at?
    Communication with your employees listen to reason

Danfoss Company Information

Danfoss Company Overview

The Danfoss Group is a global producer of products and services used in areas such as cooling food, air conditioning, heating buildings.

Danfoss Mission, Vision & Values

Danfoss Mission Statement

Danfoss has made advances in traction control an integral part of our mission to help engineer tomorrow. This commitment has led to an advanced understanding of traction control technologies that allow us to provide you with the products and solutions you need to make superior traction control a competitive advantage on your machines

Danfoss Vision Statement

There is so much money invested in the nationwide AC-grids, that we will continue to use those for several decades. Lithium-ion batteries are low voltage equipment (<1500 V), and it seems to be a nice fit for small and medium sized communities where the power is low enough to use low voltage equipment

Danfoss Values

  • Commitment
  • Competitive
  • Control
Headquarter
Websitewww.danfoss.com
Founding Date1933
Company StatusPrivate

Danfoss Competitors

Danfoss competitors include Federal Signal Corporation, Siemens, Bosch Rexroth, and Grundfos BioBooster. Danfoss ranks 2nd in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Danfoss compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    Federal Signal Corporation's Logo
    Federal Signal Corporation
    4.6/5
  2. #2
    Danfoss' Logo
    Danfoss
    4.5/5
  3. #3
    Siemens' Logo
    Siemens
    4.2/5
  4. #4
    Bosch Rexroth's Logo
    Bosch Rexroth
    4.2/5
  5. #5
    Grundfos BioBooster's Logo
    Grundfos BioBooster
    4.1/5

Danfoss Employees

300 employees at Danfoss have reviewed Danfoss across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was 11 days ago.

Overall, the 300 Danfoss employees give their leadership a grade of A-, or Top 15% of similar size companies. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Danfoss are not very pleased with their total compensation at Danfoss, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Danfoss are pleased with their team. 300 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A. The majority believe the meetings at Danfoss are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Danfoss believe the environment at Danfoss is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Danfoss is comfortably fast. About 71% of the employees at Danfoss work 8 hours or less, while 3% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Danfoss are happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Danfoss - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from Comparably users about their company is that it was very prepared on their first day. Employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 73% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Danfoss KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Danfoss employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Danfoss' KPIs and OKRs.

AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
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Yes0%
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Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Danfoss CEO & Leadership

Danfoss CEO - Kim Fausing

Kim Fausing Danfoss' CEO
79 /100

Kim’s approval rate is in the Top 5% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably. Danfoss’s CEO is highly regarded especially by Asian or Pacific Islander employees, employees in the IT department, and employees with 6 to 10 Years experience. However, employees in the Operations department, employees with 1 to 3 Years experience, and employees with Over 10 Years experience have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Compared to Danfoss’s competitors, Kim Fausing ranks right above Siemens CEO Roland Busch. Under Fausing’s leadership, Danfoss employee respondents are most happy about their Environment and the company’s Meetings. Compensation and Perks And Benefits are two areas, according to respondents, where Danfoss could stand to see real improvement.

Danfoss Leadership

The Danfoss Executive Team is rated an “A-” and led by CEO Kim Fausing, General Manager and Director of Operations Claus Peitersen, and Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer Marc Weston

  • Kim Fausing  CEO / President

    Kim Fausing CEO / President

    Kim Fausing serves as the CEO / President of Danfoss.

  • Claus Peitersen General Manager and Director of Operations

    Claus Peitersen serves as the General Manager and Director of Operations of Danfoss Power Solutions. Claus currently... read more

  • Marc Weston Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer

    Marc Weston serves as the Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Danfoss Power Solutions. Marc currently... read more

  • Erik Paulhardt Vice President - Motors

    Erik Paulhardt serves as the Vice President - Motors of Danfoss Power Solutions. Erik currently resides in the Greater... read more

  • Ken McCuskey Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Secretary

    Ken McCuskey serves as the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Secretary of Danfoss Power Solutions. Ken... read more

  • Rick Sporrer Vice President, Sales Americas

    Rick Sporrer serves as the Vice President, Sales Americas of Danfoss Power Solutions. Rick currently resides in the Des... read more

  • Henrik Jensen VP

    Henrik Jensen serves as the VP of Danfoss Power Solutions. Henrik currently resides in the Greenville, South Carolina... read more

  • Tim Hanson VP Sales

    Tim Hanson serves as the VP Sales of Danfoss Power Solutions. Tim currently resides in the Des Moines, Iowa Area.

  • Dean Jones VP- Quality & Continuous Improvement

    Dean Jones serves as the VP- Quality & Continuous Improvement of Danfoss Power Solutions. Dean currently resides in the... read more

Danfoss Salaries

How much does Danfoss pay?

How much do people at Danfoss get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Danfoss is $129,551, or $62 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $130,915, or $62 per hour.

At Danfoss, the highest paid job is a Director of Sales at $227,452 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $46,343 annually. Average Danfoss salaries by department include: Engineering at $141,113, IT at $109,475, Legal at $158,677, and Admin at $62,552. Half of Danfoss salaries are above $130,915.

88 employees at Danfoss rank their Compensation in the Top 50% of similar sized companies (based on 265 ratings) while 86 employees at Danfoss rank their Perks And Benefits in the Top 40% of similar sized companies (based on 86 ratings).

Salaries contributed from Danfoss employees include job titles like IT Support Engineer. Comparably data has a total of 0 salary records from Danfoss employees.

Last updated 12 days ago.

1st Percentile
$73k
$73k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$101k
$101k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$122k
$122k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$183k
$183k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$237k
$237k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$265k
$265k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$295k
$295k100th Percentile
$129,551*
Average Compensation
$130,915*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Danfoss Salaries by Department

Explore Danfoss Salaries

Diversity & Inclusion at Danfoss

Diverse employees at Danfoss score the company 80/100 across various culture categories, placing Danfoss in the Top 5% of companies on Comparably with 10,000+ Employees for Comparably's diversity score. The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Danfoss across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women N/A/100
Men 85/100
Department - Engineering
Diverse Employees 80/100
Department - Engineering

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men 78/100
Department - Operations
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Danfoss Perks & Benefits

Health & Wellness

  • Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

  • PTO / Vacation Policy
  • Paid Holidays

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan

Office Perks

  • Work From Home Policy

Danfoss PTO

Danfoss PTO policy is a critical component of the benefits package offered to employees.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals0%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo0%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Danfoss applied for 14 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 93% were approved.

An in-depth look at ‘Certified-withdrawn’ H1B applications at Danfoss unveil that one approved work permit application was withdrawn before the employee’s start date.

Work Permit Application Outcome

14
Total Applied
  • 93% Granted (13 out of 14)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 14)
  • 7% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection (1 out of 14)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 14)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let Danfoss Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in Danfoss on Comparably

Candidates By Department

Engineering
100%

Candidates By Location

Ames
100%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Danfoss

Who is the CEO of Danfoss?

Danfoss CEO is Kim Fausing, their score by employees is 79

What is Danfoss eNPS?

The eNPS for Danfoss is 35

What is the salary for Recruiter in Danfoss?

Recruiter average salary in the US is 106k

What are the salaries in the Product in Danfoss?

The average salaries for Product in Danfoss is 161k

Who are Danfoss competitors?

Danfoss main competitors are Federal Signal Corporation, Siemens, Bosch Rexroth, Grundfos BioBooster

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