OneTeam culture of Collaboration replaced by CYA culture. - Marketing Chamberlain Group Employee Review

3.0
Oct 7, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary and benefits. Good co-workers throughout the organization's facilities. State of the art corporate headquarters with wooded walking path and cafeteria. Inclusive and diverse.

Cons

Current COO is the real power in the organization and has drastically undermined CEO's drive to create a collaborative, OneTeam culture. Numerous resignations and layoffs over the past 18 months. Attempt to become a software-based, solutions driven organization hobbled by the fact that Chamberlain is a hardware-based organization whose customers (distributors, dealers, and ultimately installers) have little interest in IoT products such as cameras and locks. Myopic global vision with little to no strategic planning. Niche market projects like PetPortal allowed to go into development solely to appease COO's ego. New breed of managers with questionable ethics willing to do whatever it takes to rise in the organization. OneTeam spirit is gone.

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Chamberlain Group Response
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Thank you for the candid review. We continue to transform from a company that solely manufactures industry leading door openers to one that creates smart, seamless access journeys for our customers. As a company, we are going through growing pains, and the future is looking positive for the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
May 13, 2026
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Pros

Chamberlain is a highly variable place to work. Everything depends on what team you are working on. Some teams will have managers who will fight for you and help build you up, others not so much. I have more or less grown up with the company and have seen it go from being owned by a private family to being owned by Blackstone and all between. Every year I ask myself, "is this the year I leave". My answer is usually no, as where else will be better when I am at least in a good position? Summer fridays are pretty great though.

Cons

Yearly reorgs are a constant drag. Some of the most CG-blooded people I have ever known are somehow always the first to get sent to the wood chipper. People flail around and react. There is no forward thought. Just constant reaction to whatever words the executive population utters. We have been 'transforming' for the near decade I have worked here. But what are we even transforming to? All I have seen is us transforming into yet another soulless company. Benefits have been getting crushed. My wonderful and amazing 401k service contribution was ripped away and replaced with a far less beneficial amount. If you aren't on a good team, or have a good manager, your chance for advancement will be near impossible. Constant 'do more with less'

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