Timken reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(849 total reviews)

Richard Kyle

82% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Timken has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 849 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Timken employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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849 reviews
4.0
Apr 7, 2013

Excellent CEO Leadership

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Solid company. Strategic direction is well developed and executed. There are some very intelligent individuals in areas of metallurgy ans engineering.

Cons

Middle management is very weak. Creativiity has been replaced by drones looking at the bottom line only.

4.0
Mar 19, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair pay, great senior management, great benefits. Always found the senior management to have time to talk about any problems

Cons

Lower level managers were rectums. The company seemed to have too many lower managers who were seemingly rewarded for their tenure, not their ability.

2.0
Mar 14, 2013

Past Prime

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Checks do not bounce, international exposure, short commute, benefits available, community service, has money to invest, wants to remain independent..

Cons

Old-fashioned, cut-throat, no upward mobility, not family friendly, expect you to live for the company, does not invest in its people,

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