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

"The work is good and the technology is quite challenging. Along with that, the people are really professional and talented."

"I started working for Motorola Solutions as an intern in audio engineering. I was offered a position as a full-time employee with my internship group doing electrical engineering. I was not allowed to shadow a senior employee at all once I started the job, and was quickly tasked with menial labor. Whenever I would ask my manager for more challenging or different work, I was told "everyone does the grunt work." I was laid off after 1-year along with 6 others in my team of 36."

"Good working conditions and ethical values."

"Very good company. There you could get a strong telecommunication skills."

"I worked for Motorola for more than 13 years. It was a very good company. However, it was downed several times due to irresponsibility of the CEO's leadership in 2005 - 2008."

"I started my work as software engineer intern for summer '13. I was very excited to start working with team. Team welcomed me with open heart and provided me the necessary inputs on the job that should be done. Encouraged me to do new things for the intern project."

"It's a good company to work for if you have a family already, but the job can get boring after a while. Too much bureaucracy in getting the work done sometimes."

"I have 16 years of Motorola experience and is one of the best experiences to have with latest software tools and Agile software development experience working on state of the art technology."

"I love work with Motorola. I have to move since I got a new visa."

"I had 24 years of service at Motorola Solutions, formerly Motorola Inc. During my service, I contributed to its success and was appreciated for my performance. I have many friends and colleagues still employed there and would recommend working there."

"Best company I've worked for: excellent benefits, competitive pay, interesting work."

"MSI has become a hostile work environment."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"I used to like a lot of what Motorola Solutions did. The budgets for technology were great at one point in time."

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

"Be prepared to work cheaply with little growth in engineering (non-managerial). I rarely see any promotions lately and those who are promoted usually leave after pushing their way up on the corporate ladder. Lots of turnover occurring as future projects are not forthcoming."

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

"Egotistical and arrogant managers on power trips especially those new to management. Too many managers and too much micromanagement now. No capital for new tech without going through hoops and multiple explanations at various levels and constant justification for every puny expenditure. No merit for many years. High health care costs. No options anymore. No restricted shares anymore. Too much politics and blame game. I cannot trust most of my co-workers. Compressed schedules are not realistic. Inexperienced mid-level managers placed over experienced engineers is killing this company. Flexible work (telecommuting) has been severely restricted or eliminated. Reputation damage and gossiping is rampant with everyone placing the blame on others."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Value your employees or else your business and quality will suffer. Provide more job flexibility and stop cracking the whip all of the time. Give your employees some downtime between projects to explore new technology or patent ideas. Stop compressing your schedules so intensively."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"The quality of the employees at Motorola is outstanding and for the most part were a pleasure to work with."

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

"Motorola is unfortunately a shell of the great company it once was. It truly is a shame this once dominant, innovative, employee-supportive company has become status quo."

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

"Middle Management has become a cut-throat entity where protecting a job has unfortunately become paramount."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Reward and support those who take calculated risks, drive for success, produce profitable margins, and work well with others."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"The opportunities to grow were many, the company did research in many areas."

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

"The kind of work they do is breath-taking, but the environment is very gloomy and dull. They are very keen on getting individuals that are strong in technical skills and don't really care much about the person's inter-personal skills."

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

"A gloomy dull environment and very unfriendly co-workers made the company a bad place to work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They really need to encourage a more dynamic organization and hire people with better people skills."

"Great product, different system in telecom industry."

What do you like about working at Motorola Solutions?

"It's a great and well known company to work for."

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

"Hope to get another position soon with different dept. soon."

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

"Not sure about that at this time and hope not in future."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up with open and good communication, and stand up for co-workers."