ABB reviews

Tons of office politics, many incapable and biased managers, extremely long working hours, very slow pay progression, zero career progression, workers concerns are not attended to. Typical corporate structure, too many cons to list for the engineers and technicians, good reviews in here are usually given by management/office/interns. Engineers who want good pay and able to tolerate everything are encouraged to join.

Clear divide among employees, people care for themselves as no recognition for teamwork. Following the change in top management from local to foreigners in 2012, the new foreign team promotes politics in the organisation so the culture of "don't care" develops. Each foreign employee comes with own agenda. There is a clear divide of foreign vs local since the retrenchment that went wrong with a list of all locals were made redundant in 2012. The HR dept is highly political these days and the dept is over staffed. The HRBPs delivered poor services to the employees yet are treated star performers because they can sing the same tune with the new foreign team. They took employees to task if any employee give poor feedback about HR support. Staff turnover is therefore higher, at some points it is felt like a recruitment center as many people come and go.