Vantaggi
Good systems and adequate infrastructures. Eaton Quality System and Operating system applied to all organizations. There is a great deal of commonality between operations.
Svantaggi
There are value statements clearly communicated, trained, and reviewed across the whole organization; however, shareholder value will always come first. Everything Eaton's senior management does is solely guided by this. Eaton's management forced staff to take MULAs, cut all spending, refused to replace needed staff, cut capital investment for upcoming products, and spent millions in short-sided restructricturing. All in all, hurting the long term future, while pushing results quarter to quarter to keep a fickle market happy. Taking money from the people that make Eaton successful, while recording $400M-$500M+ each quarter in profits. What image would an employee garner from the CEO telling the employees that the economic situation is tough, when forcing unpaid leaves and restructuring; in contrast, buying back stock, aquiring new companies, and showing hundreds of millions in profits? Just acquired a new company and presented a profitable year, but delaying merit increases and not contributing to 401K plans the following year? Not illegal, but not trustworthy. Eaton values results, not relationships.
