Avery Dennison reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,775 total reviews)
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82% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Avery Dennison has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,775 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avery Dennison employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to horn political skills Good place to learn well how not to lead and manage others Good place where people can succeed better by managing their bosses than their work

Cons

Lack of real strategy and focus , running out of ideas to grow profitably . Reactive leadership to stock price movements Leadership is a " members only " club and promotions are very irrational

2.0
Sep 8, 2014

Poor leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Introduced to things that will be great on a resume.

Cons

Opinions do not matter, boys club, lack of accountability

3.0
Nov 25, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Avery will provide a job but not much in the area of career. If one is looking for work and desires to reside in the greater Cleveland area, it is an "ok" place to seek employment.

Cons

They are typically not a good paying company. They are struggling to stay affloat due to excess capacity in the pressure sensitive market. One of the ways they are offsetting losses is by annually off-loading salaries that are at or above $80K annually and hiring younger, local talent from the nearby schools and universities. If you are not a senior level manager and your salary is at or above $80K, you will be targeted in their "right-sizing/restructuring" efforts.Work life balance is a challenge as well as they are doing more with less people. A declining market along with cost out efforts over the past decade have led to this approach which has resulted in many Process Engineers, Team Leaders and Managers in Operations experiencing "burnout" after 2-3 yrs in their respective roles. Diversity is also lacking at senior level management positions. It only exists at lower level/subordinate positions. They have recently undergone lawsuits for age, gender and racial discrimination (2001, 2003, and 2005) in which they were found liable and/or payed an undisclosed sum in settlements. I would not reccommned this company, particulary the Northeast Ohio Operations, to anyone seeking employment with a company that will value work/life balance or that is looking for a "career home" with whoch they could retire.

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