Phoenix Contact reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(202 total reviews)
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Dirk Görlitzer

74% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Phoenix Contact has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Phoenix Contact employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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202 reviews
5.0
Aug 26, 2016

High five

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They say if you use two alarm clocks, you hate your job. Sometimes I don't use an alarm clock at all. I've worked here for years and the environment is just as friendly as the first day I set foot on the campus. Phoenix Contact has employee advancement programs and continuously look for ways to improve their processes (in all departments). I read some feedback about growing pains. I would disagree. Executives and management have regular meetings to ensure proper planning and growth measures are in place. If I wanted, I could literally walk into our HR manager or President's office to address a concern. Recognition of individual and department achievements are also huge. You won't just get a pat on the back. It's a great place to work. I've seen people high five on the running track as they pass each other. This brings me to wellness. If you have health goals, we have our own doctor to get you on track (pun intended). No-way? Yeah-way.

Cons

There are people that work here that have never worked at a terrible place, so they don't appreciate what Phoenix Contact has to offer. This is no fault of the company.

3.0
Dec 20, 2023

Team vs management

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team is good Product is good Culture is good

Cons

Upper management tend to demand unreasonable expectations, cancel agreed bonus schemes after successful completion and fails to acknowledge responsibility. The MD makes both racist and sexist comments regularly.

3.0
Nov 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

. Quality german products and renowned branding . Related customer industries are booming . high variable bonus+ was . Free meals & alcohol provided . Headcounts are easily justified, compared to other companies . Money & resource rich subsidiary . Changes new laptops every other year with iPad and other equipment. Free to attend training courses. Get to travel to HQ and other countries even as a new staff. Company space is ever-expanding

Cons

. Extremely high turnover rate (including the HR team itself) . Micromanaging culture . Management personnel with poor leadership skills and uninspiring . Highly political environment . Many roadblocks when delivering work, mainly from inefficient internal processes, backdated software, and politics . Practice a biased hiring process, friends of senior management are hired instead of needed talents . The workforce is made up of a lot of people that have questionable job scopes and input, that can add true value to the company . Negative drinking culture. believes that alcohol with customers is the key way to generate sales revenue. And alcohol with management can set you up for promotion. people got drunk and wasted in the office . Females get an unspoken advantage over males . and so on

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