Pros
Good product line, if they can get their act together.
Cons
This is the worst place I’ve worked in terms of how employees are treated, and people don’t last long due to this. Specific examples: A long tenured, smart guy was demoted so they could bring in a guy who averages a job every 18 months to fill his role. Another very smart guy and longtime employee was told he was “not a self starter” in his review so he quit. Another person, who lived around Milwaukee and worked at that office, was transferred to Columbus 1.5 hrs away on no notice and given no relocation package, so he quit too. A senior level employee got told he made too much money and they were going to cut his pay each month for a year, so another one gone! When I left, they cheated me out of 10 months of my 401k match because they only paid out once a year in a lump sum. A few 20-30 year people are still there, hanging on until retirement, and the rest are all new. Nobody in the middle range because they all quit. If you interview here, ask if you can go around the office and ask tenures…they won’t like it! Before I left there were multiple declined offers. Before he left, one member of the management told me Actuant wide they had over 50% office turnover in 5 years! Revolving incompetent management. In 5 years there were 3 CEOs, 4 plant managers., and I had 5 bosses. Current CEO was fired from another company, is very gruff in manner and can be foul mouthed and inappropriate. He wouldn’t let a guy step out of a meeting to take a call from his wife when her dad died, even after he stated why he needed to take the call. He left too and took all of the decent managers with him. No career advancement or promotion from within. All managers are outside hires, and get $1500/mo leased cars while they tighten expenses on everyone else.
