Q&A With Extron Electronics Employees

Fantastic!

It's not a stressful environment, but you are expected to at least put in a full work week (40 hours), which is a reasonable requirement.

No issues. Some work basic 40h per week, and some work 50h + per week. if you get your work done there are no issues at either extreme.

Yes, but they’re very selective and only someone who performs well onsite will be considered for such an arrangement.

There are many "location flexible" positions available for sales and technical associates.

No remote positions are generally available. Even working from home is strongly discouraged.

Depends on the job. Sales — wear a suit. Engineering / Product — wear business casual.

It's best to dress to impress. While a suit is not required, it certainly will go in your favor. Business casual is also acceptable.

10 days vacation.. 5 sick days. Go over this (even if you really were sick) and you will absolutely be fired (saw it multiple times). After 5 years, you get another week of vacation.

Depends on location. 1 week sick + 2 weeks vacation to start, other locations have 3 weeks 'pto'. increments by 1 week every 5 years.

Very nice people, and some are very sharp! I wish the culture wasn’t so stifling.. there’s a LOT of potential inside the company but most of the senior execs have been there their entire career... so they only know one way of doing things.

sometimes he’s very reasonable... other times he’s a complete jerk. He’s fairly bitter about Crestron’s expansion from just control products and there’s a fair amount of focus on “sticking it to Crestron.”

Standard benifits.

Extremely conservative.

It has everything to do with how influential you are within the organization. Can you manipulate others into doing what you want... if so, then you’ll move up over time. Also, can you keep mgmt secrets.. another essential part of being promoted.

Very very slow.

Once a year for most... but the percentages are very low (1-3%). That said, I did receive much larger raises when I presented a compelling argument for them.

Not great... but hey! I’m getting paid!

Not difficult at all.. work-life balance is very easy to achieve while working there.

Challenges are largely in how long you can tolerate the slow pace of progress.

team outings are few and far between, but they’re very tame and are more for mgmt to feel like they’re treating people well.

As long as I’m here between 8-5, and don’t take more than an hour for lunch (ideally 30min or less), I feel very secure.

Present a conservative appearance and persona.

People who don’t make waves.

There really isn’t one. You’re only told when you do something wrong. There’s no such thing as formal recognition for a job well done.

that I don’t have to take work home with me.

That depends on your department, but overall I’d say it’s average.

Lots of diversity... but very few African Americans.

Very corporate... cubicle farms for everyone except managers and above.

Average.