Timken reviews

Too much politics from the top of the organization down. There are some good people in middle and upper management positions, but most of the people should not be in those roles and simply got into those positions because they are a member of Timken's "old boys' network". The company does not do enough to retain good talent or provide good upward mobility. Succession planning is only done for top positions, but not mid-management levels. With the forced upcoming split of the company, most employees are told what positions they are going into and do not have the ability to have a say in whether they will go into bearing or steel and what they will do. Some do not even know what their titles or salaries will be when they are forced to work in steel. The company does not rid of employees who behave unethically. Their helpline, organizational advancement / HR and ethics departments are useless.

Company values are preached but not followed. Personnel are terrible in some locations but wonderful in others. Luck of the draw in terms of people and talent.