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Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Submitted on: 21-Mar-03
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The company has a history of being a good employer, and some of that
legacy still remains, particularly in employee benefit packages.
However, poor management in recent years has left the company in a weak
competitive position, and as the focus has shifted to short term cost
containment to stem losses, concern for employees has degraded
significantly. The company has published "constant respect for people"
as a core value, but people are the biggest cost in the company, and
costs are being cut for short term savings without much consideration
for the long term impact. From where I sit it is very difficult to
understand what the companys strategy is, and how we expect to become
competitive again in the future.
Some characteristics of the corporate culture:
Presentation is more important than content. Selling is more important
than delivering. Senior management opinion is more important than data
and information. Reporting good news is more important than reporting
truth. Diversity is espoused, but not actively valued, although that's
more the case with diversity of thought than in support for minority
groups. To call something a Motorola wide Standard is an oxymoron.
You will never be rewarded for preventing a crisis; you will always be
rewarded for resolving one. Even if you started it. NIH (not invented
here) syndrome is alive and well in the company. One of the internal
jokes about the company is that the M in Motorola stands
for Meetings, as there are many of them. Also, they never start or
end on time. There is no real standard for work hours, and the tendency
is to work about 40 hour weeks. The dress code is whatever you feel
comfortable wearing, with some employees in ties and some in shorts
almost any day of the week. Overall, I would say opportunities for
advancement are fairly decent if you align with the culture, and the pay
scale is fairly generous if you are considered one of the highly
effective employees, per your employee evaluation.
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