Cummins reviews

Like many others, I had a very secure job in design for 18 years when at the beginning of 08 Cummins bragged about there massive hiring frenzy. I, like many others were attracted to an increase in pay. Less than 10 months later, layoffs in mass quantities..using the economy as an excuse....(Did I mention they had record sales in 2008 and 2009 ?) If you are the type of employee that loves to attend meetings, improve your security by inflated Six Sigma attributes, and basically philosophize rather than hands on development, Cummins is your place. Oh yes, forced ranking, Cummins refuses to accept that the old school philosophy of scare them to death on a daily basis does not motivate employees. One other comment, Cummins likes to shine in the community papers as always helping the community, employees walking old ladies across the streets. Could this possibly be because the employees are actually graded on this in there forced ranking process ? I ask is Cummins really a leader in community evolvement and "Putting there employees first" when if you look at there history, they have no problem with massive layoffs to get there bottom line numbers.

The company had a massive RIF and they have had one almost every year in the 5-years I have been there, and then I was laid off this December. Not one of the upper leadership positions were affected. They picked on the little guys and let a lot of good employees go. The leadership is siloed in one area and they have no clue what is going on with the rest of their workforce. How they made their decisions on what people to cut is beyond me. More rumors of more layoffs coming in first quarter. The morale there is awful. The Fridley building is dirty and an awful environment, has not been remodeled since the 1960s and has asbestos all over. I am surprised the state has not shut them down.