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Great co-workers, many outstanding middle managers but it should not be mistaken for a water treatment company. It is a publicly traded company, the sole purpose of which is to raise stock prices and profitability.The executives/CEO work for the shareholders; theycouldn’t care less about emplo
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Xylem got too big to function. They purchased too many companies too fast and the innovation and profitability that made these company’s desirable to attain has been smothered by executive mismanagement. The executive decisions created a balance sheet that was only favorable short ter
What are some of the best things about your team?
The people-but increasingly the last couple years the employees bond over frustration with the unbelievable inefficiency of the corporation and how elitist and detached management is. No one will say anything in negative in company surveys because they will hold more meetings but incapable of change
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
Pay a fair market rate and when you cut resources necessary for the company to succeed, including reducing staff or not investing in R&D or keeping no stock of components or equipment and place increasing burdens on the remaining employees then compensate them for doing multiple jobs.
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
Extremely long. Many interviews with many decision makers over several months-intense and be weary of passing on another opportunity with high pay while waiting. Even if you continue to progress through all levels of interviews and succeed in getting an offer,it may be well below industry standard
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
They’ve put in so many processes and procedures that it may not be recoverable at this point. It takes months to accomplish tasks that small companies can do in days. We are so far behind on R&D and putting out new products that all they can do is buy small compa
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