Woodward reviews

3.7

59% would recommend to a friend

(708 total reviews)
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Chip Blankenship

75% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Woodward has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 708 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Woodward employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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708 reviews
2.0
Dec 2, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, great reputation in the Fort Collins community. Very interesting product mix. Extremely talented technical workforce. Excellent practices for root cause analysis, implementation of corrective action, and preventing reocurrence.

Cons

This company has the most conservative, monolithic management cultures that I have ever witnessed. Interestingly, during the time I was there, 95% of the power and politics seem to emanate from no more than three individuals who typically resided in other [sometimes global] locations. And this bad behavior drove the propagation of more bad behaviour throughout the entire company. Morale in the engineering organization has been rock bottom for many years, and there is no relief in sight. There is no room for "change agents" in this company; it's all about comply or die.

4.0
Nov 15, 2011

very interesting projects, great people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- good compensation & benefits - a lot of great people - interdisciplinary projects - new technologies - family-oriented company - flexible working schedule

Cons

- communication inside the multinational teams - slow decision-making process - lack of accurate process documentation

2.0
Sep 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of great people who are wiling to lend you a hand. Open access to internal reasources (not hard to get what you need) Top end test equipment. (but not enough of it) Good place to work if you like the "keep your head, down, shut up and do what your told" style of managment.

Cons

A minority of people who run the show via intimidation and humiliation. Lack of resources, you may arrive on Monday morning to find an engineer took your o-scope. Lack of accurate process documentation (Docs have been "Cut and Pasted" to death) No means of bringing on new technicians besides watch and do. Level of training received depends on who trains you. No matter how fast you are, you are always a little slower than desired. How much slower? You'll never know, they refuse to quantify anything. It's all about the subjective perception of reality.' One can be labeled and "pigeon hole" before you even realize that it happened. There are some engineers that have serious communication and people skill problems, but their abusive behavior is tolerated because they a good at what they do.At most they may get a slap on the wrist. However if you confront the status quo, it will be the beginning of a down ward spiral out the door. Company grows by acquisition not internally driven innovation. An absolutely astounding ability to look directly at a problem and not see it. If we don't talk about it doesn't exist. On the other hand, an odd eagerness to "admire the kings new clothes".

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