Still trying to find itself after years of turmoil - Principal Staff Engineer Motorola Solutions Employee Review

3.0
Mar 20, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits (seems like they used to be more generous), good work/life balance, telecommuting options

Cons

Company philosophy on pay raises has changed from annual increases for most everyone, to manager recommended increases for only star performers, which in practice has meant no increases for anyone in some groups for three years. In addition much of the development engineering and test has been moved overseas. This has resulted in low morale and a brain drain at the company, with lots of experienced engineers walking out the door going to other companies.

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