Disgusted - Former Vice President Schneider Electric Employee Review

We are disappointed to hear about your negative experience. While we hope to maintain the unique characteristics of all our different divisions, change and acquisitions can be hard. When companies come together there will often be a cultural shift, but we strive to make our change management process as seamless as possible. We learn from every acquisition and improve for the future acquisitions. Our model is to learn, listen, and adjust based on feedback. Communication is key for acquisitions, and we try to ensure employees voices can be heard. Some ways this is done is to provide an e-mail inbox for employees to share ideas and complete regular voice of the employee pulse checks (surveys, stakeholder interviews). We go through those results in detail and make changes based on what our employees are saying to make sure people feel comfortable. Both customers and employees are central to all decisions made through the change management process. At times some positions are no longer needed through acquisition but we almost always seek to place those people in other opportunities within the company since we are so large. However, if people don’t voice their opinion, then we don’t know how they feel. We try to create an open environment where people feel comfortable sharing. At Schneider Electric, we take pride in our diverse and open culture. If an employee is feeling frustrated, we encourage them to discuss the situation confidentially with a local HR rep or their organizational leaders.