4.0
Apr 8, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Overall, Alstom has been growing over the last 7 years, through both internal and external growth. This creates opportunities for good performers, and people ready to relocate internationally. This is an extremely international company: main HQ is in Paris, but Power HQ in Switzerland. Overall, many divisions enjoy an almost complete autonomy, and more and more power is transferred to the regions.
Cons
HR Community and support is not at the level of what you would find in GE or Siemens. Due to the growth of the last years, the company has lost a bit of its "project culture" and is sometimes too administrative, and too process oriented. Senior management has launched a new program ("ease") to reverse the trend.