Too many to count. Elkay took pride in being considered a great place to work as evidenced by employee surveys with results acted on in a transparent manner. Elkay employees were told that Zurn had even better employee engagement scores than Elkay, but it's difficult to see how this was anything but a lie. Elkay was successful and profitable, with a difficult year that resembled many similar companies given supply chain challenges and runaway inflation coming out of COVID, yet Zurn leadership seems to have capitalized on painting the COVID-aftermath challenges as the norm for Elkay and that they "rescued" a "distressed" company. They did not. In speaking with many former Elkay senior leaders, it was apparent that there was no interest in collaboration on much of anything. In speaking to people outside of the companies, I have experienced little positive feedback on Zurn, its management style, its tools, processes, etc., where I frequently would hear positive things about Elkay from some of those same people. Can't tell you in the only 9 months since the merger how few people remain from the Elkay side (most voluntary departures) and most of them are something significantly less than happy. People (particularly good people) are a commodity these days, and Zurn has shown me nothing that shows it will be able to attract and retain quality people who can "play well with others". This does not lead to optimism for the long-term outlook of this company, and that is a shame.
