Working at Motorola Solutions in Schaumburg, IL: 91 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Schaumburg, IL Area

"King of layoff."

"Great place to work. Very large family business environment."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Excellent company to work for. If it wasn't for 911, I would have spent my entire career there."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Need to listen to the customer needs more. Excellent product, but it meets the company's specs, not what the customer asked for. The standards of the company were too important to change the product to what the customer was asking for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The above drew customers away. Understand that customers are the lifeblood of the company."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Good experience work with cellular racks."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good place to work for."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A little more open minded."

"Motorola is a great and challenging place to work, especially for those starting their career."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"It was a fast paced and challenging work environment."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"You can be successful in this company if you are energetic and have a strong work ethic."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"The employees had many questions about the direction of the company that weren't addressed by management."

"Large company with lots of room for growth and advancement but subject to large layoffs in economic downturns."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"As a large company, was able to work on cutting edge technologies. As well had ample opportunities for growth, both horizontal in terms of other projects, job functions, technology groups as well as vertical with consistent reward and promotion for jobs well done."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Highlight not only technical expertise but also success as team player. Motorola values highly collaborative effort, not just individual contributors."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Motorola seemed more vulnerable to large layoffs and project re-prioritization due to economic factors. Could hire 20,000 employees in up market and following year lay off 20,000 employees in down market."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus more on future technologies and be industry leader rather than reactive to industry trends. Motorola has had reputation in past for innovation and setting industry direction (cell phone, semiconductor chips) but lately seems more reactive to other companies leads."

"A good place for career advancement and professional growth."

"Enjoyed 20 years with the company, along the way the corporate philosophy changed though. Company loyalty meant something... now, well... not so much."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"What I did."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know someone in a hiring position."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Absurd hours. 3:00 AM conference calls became very hard."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop exporting the jobs overseas."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Great learning experience and opportunity to grow."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is a high growth company with little focus on creating a balanced work life for the employees. You need to be prepared for long hours in the work day but it is well worth it."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Lack of funding to implement much needed improvements."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Grow at a rate that supports the infrasture."

"A decent place to work."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Cool people. Easy to move around in the company. Good locations (Florida)."

"If management would invest in the people, this company could be great again."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"A steady paycheck."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"In its current state, why bother. If you are determined to be a Motorolan though, be honest, be forthright, speak up about yourself and your accomplishments and how you can apply your experience to the job in question."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Motorola use to be a place with excellent benefits, offering a chance to work on the latest technologies, with a management that seemed to care about its workers. That is all gone. The benefits have dwindled over the years as the company has hit on hard times. Motorola no longer leads in technology development and is barely following along a path blazed by others. And lastly and most discouraging, management has given up any pretext of caring for its employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"1. Motorola's wealth has always been in its wonderful people. You have fired most of those and discouraged all that remain. Motorolans use to care about giving their best because we believed in the company. We no longer believe in management though. The current Motorolan does what he believes he has to in order to keep his job. 2. Pick a direction! Pick a dream! Sell it to us and we will make it a reality! All I've heard from management lately is where we've been and where we are. At lunch today someone told me he asked a VP if the company had a 5 year plan and got the response, Not that I've been told. 3. Bring the jobs back to the U.S.! We did a wonderful job of being a U.S. company selling products worldwide. We are doing an awful job of being a multinational company."

"Good company."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"High tech, BIG."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Reorg."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't reorg so much."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Flex time and ability to work with upcoming technologies."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Technical skills knowledge a must."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Since 2000 the company has changed into competitive teamwork rather than cooperative teamwork."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Good managers but they need to be trained not just in technical but in leadership soft skills."

"Fun work at a prestigious company."

"Lack of strategy."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Well qualified staff."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't. Motorola downsized from 185,000 to 50,000 and continues to shed jobs or move them to India."

What don't you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"Constantly changing directions, projects never finished before resources moved. Complete lack of business strategy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stick to a plan for more than 3 months."

"A good place to work."