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Brown Hornet
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As an employee of the dinosaur that is Moto, I can tell you that Moto morale has been swirling around the toilet bowl for some time now...
The Upper management b o o b s continue to receive ridiculous salary & bonus packages, while "leading" the company into the proverbial dump. The lower levels of workers have resentment, no morale, many are coasting towards retirement, and others do just enough to not get fired.
So, when numbers aren't hit every quarter, they (mgmt.) cut more heads...of the folks in the trenches that actually DO the work. The upper management idiots that steered the company into the ground with idiotic designs and their questionable choices NEVER seem to lose their job...the culture within the company is one that seems to protect the stupid, while casting out the hard working people trying to get the job done.
I will NOT mourn the loss of the break-up of this company, as upper management brought about its eventual demise.
This is NOT sour grapes...I am still gainfully employed within Motorola, in a business unit that is actually profitable...but the incompetence I see on a daily basis leads me to NOT be surprised by the continuing troubles within Motorola...if management is blind to the incompetence within, why would it be surprising that the stock and company itself has been on a downward spiral?
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NIUGradStudent
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This is disheartening news.
I love Motorola phones for the reason that they're a local company and that they ARE lower tech than all the other phones.
I buy a phone because I want a phone, and not a mini computer with half a dozen features and flipping faces that can break.
I've bought Motorola phones for well over 8 years now because they're usually the sturdiest ones out there with the least amount of features.
There must be a niche for that somewhere!
My new W380 is so sleek and simple, it's great. I have a feeling there are others out there with the same sentiment. Motorola will be alienating a certain customer base out there.
This is sad. BTW, i'm 24 years old.
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Plebius
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Brown Hornet wrote: As an employee of the dinosaur that is Moto I wouldn't go so far as to call the company, including the mobile devices unit, a "dinosaur". I think that it still has an important role to play across its product array, including mobile devices. If it's mobile devices unit can find a way to go to market with new products at the same pace as its competitors in the mobile devices space, it should be in good shape, regardless of what the unit/company is eventually called.
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Big Frank
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Buying one of their junk phones is worse than a bag phone and they are aware of it but dont care especially dealing with these people
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Irvin Plahm
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very good
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Senior Management Issues
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The company suffered endlessly under Chris Galvin who hung on too long (like Bill Ford). The Zander move was ultimately a flop, but his tenure proved the company still has enough bright people to produce great products. Unfortunately, poor leadership led them aground yet again. How many innovative products have they squandered over the years? How many divisions have they sold off or buried? Greg Brown seems intelligent and confident. I just hope he doesn't pull an Ameritech and fold his hand.
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nomoto
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NIUGradStudent wrote: I love Motorola phones for the reason that they're a local company The headquarters is local however the vast majority of employess are either in China, India, or Mexico.
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NIUGradStudent
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nomoto wrote: <quoted text>
The headquarters is local however the vast majority of employess are either in China, India, or Mexico. Yeah, just like every other D*&% company. So what's your point? At least I'd like to still support the few jobs that have not been shipped overseas....yet.
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no leader
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Mot issues are many and leadership continues to keep the train derailing time and time again. Perfect example is Stu telling employees that he has a plan to fix this once and for-all and not a few hours later Brown discussing the possible sale. This communication company has aslway doen a prro job communicating within. As poorly as Mot has done then continue to reward with rasies and bonuses as they wil again this year. As Brown Hornet stated above, resentment, coasting, morale, etc and then upset about letting people go. It is a tough balance but the fact is most lower levels are not working to there potential because of poor management. Mgt needs to step up and over communicate, setting solid action plans and financial plans to each VP (oh and maybe purge a few of the 350 or so VP). Each VP needs to provide weekly updates to every employee under them of where the teram is at in regards to these goals with the consequence being lower or no raises/bonuses if every goal is not met. The rasies and bonus's need to be brought to the VP team level period! Tell people where the team is at all all times, ekkp them in the loop and expect them to drive performance wihin the team. Get them remotivated now! I would love to sit down with Stu or Greg and give them some solid thoughts and ideas to get worker productive and earn there pay. Howe about making sure everyone puts in a solid 8 hrs, remove "work from home" option (does nto work Greg, we all know they dont put in a solid 8) and set up internet limitations for all. How much surfing goes on everyday? how many breaks and lucnhes turn into 30 min or 2 hrs? Who is watching the henhouse? Its not happening at the VP, Director, or Mgr level for alot of teams. yes, I am ranting on and on but as a stockholder I am very frustrated with the continued miss-steps of Motorola Management.
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Steve
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nomoto wrote: <quoted text>
The headquarters is local however the vast majority of employess are either in China, India, or Mexico. Most of the manufacturing is overseas these days, of course, but the great bulk of the headquarters, R&D, engineering, marketing and other functions, not to mention those functions geared spefically to the bread and butter U.S. and Latin American markets (on the mobile devices side) are located in the U.S.
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blue collar guy
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Motorola should have moved on years ago from cell phones when it became apparent that a younger generation was and still is the driving force behind it. The skill set Motorola provides now is the software, why is it they did not develop Itunes or something like it? What was the real story of their first Itunes enabled phone that made it such a disaster? Did Jobs do to them what Gates did to IBM regarding OS/2 and Windows years ago?(Case in point, have Motorola create a bad itunes phone, then reverse engineer it and create the Iphone). There is still room for motorola but time is running out.
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Student
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I wonder what this means for people like myself that accepted employment offers. I "start" work after I graduate.
Shame, to think that I actually turned down multiple job offers, many of which offered a higher salary than MOT. I'm not a fan of sitting on the sidelines and waiting for upper management to make a decision. Perhaps I should start updating my resume? >=\
This is what I get for falling in love with Chicago....
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Brown Hornet
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no leader wrote: Mot issues are many and leadership continues to keep the train derailing time and time again. Perfect example is Stu telling employees that he has a plan to fix this once and for-all and not a few hours later Brown discussing the possible sale. This communication company has aslway doen a prro job communicating within. As poorly as Mot has done then continue to reward with rasies and bonuses as they wil again this year. As Brown Hornet stated above, resentment, coasting, morale, etc and then upset about letting people go. It is a tough balance but the fact is most lower levels are not working to there potential because of poor management. Mgt needs to step up and over communicate, setting solid action plans and financial plans to each VP (oh and maybe purge a few of the 350 or so VP). Each VP needs to provide weekly updates to every employee under them of where the teram is at in regards to these goals with the consequence being lower or no raises/bonuses if every goal is not met. The rasies and bonus's need to be brought to the VP team level period! Tell people where the team is at all all times, ekkp them in the loop and expect them to drive performance wihin the team. Get them remotivated now! I would love to sit down with Stu or Greg and give them some solid thoughts and ideas to get worker productive and earn there pay. Howe about making sure everyone puts in a solid 8 hrs, remove "work from home" option (does nto work Greg, we all know they dont put in a solid 8) and set up internet limitations for all. How much surfing goes on everyday? how many breaks and lucnhes turn into 30 min or 2 hrs? Who is watching the henhouse? Its not happening at the VP, Director, or Mgr level for alot of teams. yes, I am ranting on and on but as a stockholder I am very frustrated with the continued miss-steps of Motorola Management. Well said...and the points you make are completely valid. There are teams within the company where some employees seemingly have well over 3 months of vacation (which is impossible, as the maximum allowable amount is 6 weeks), yet the management NEVER questions these employees, as the manager is either incompetent him/herself, doesn't care, or is a willing participant in the vacation time malfeasance. The future is very foggy for Motorola...
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Brown Hornet
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Student wrote: I wonder what this means for people like myself that accepted employment offers. I "start" work after I graduate.
Shame, to think that I actually turned down multiple job offers, many of which offered a higher salary than MOT. I'm not a fan of sitting on the sidelines and waiting for upper management to make a decision. Perhaps I should start updating my resume? >=\
This is what I get for falling in love with Chicago.... Start looking elsewhere immediately. #1 Moto is headquartered in Schaumburg, with another huge campus in Arlington Heights, a good hour AT LEAST from the Chicago you "fell in love with." #2 The salary is NOT (despite what they say) "industry standard," it is QUITE low. #3 See previous comments above on management within the company, and utter lack of direction. There are plenty of comapnies within Chicago "Student," I am looking myself...
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More
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Motorola cannot even call them selves an American Company.. They have spent BILLIONS $$ in China and India to build R&D, Manufacturing, and Universities and have more employees there than in America. They have Offshored there whole IT environment to India.. So what is Motorola just a name without a product..
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Batwings
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I used to work for them, and the morale was terrible. I started in 2000 at the Arlington Heights Campus. Not a week after I started they announced an 18,000 employee layoff world wide. Talk about getting that "GULP" feeling. My group always had the cloud hanging over us wondering if we were the next to go. One by one while I was there people were dropping like flies. I lasted 3 years before the axe found our group and we were all cut. Mixed blessing. With a much better company now that cares about about their employees and knows how to run a business to make money.
Motorola needs to turn themselves around soon. I know Chris Galvin ran the company into the ground after he got control of it from his dad. Hopefully this guy changes the course of this sinking ship so we don't lose another American Company. Although I know almost none of their products are produced here, it's still an American Company.
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SCAMburg Illinois
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What do you expect? How can Motorola compete in such a high-cost location?
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SCAMburg Illinois
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Brown Hornet wrote: <quoted text>
Start looking elsewhere immediately.
#1 Moto is headquartered in Schaumburg, with another huge campus in Arlington Heights, a good hour AT LEAST from the Chicago you "fell in love with." Thats the problem...Schaumburg is not exactly a "tech mecca". Its an overpriced, scam with ridiculously priced homes and rent. Who would want to work there?
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SCAMburg Illinois
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Student wrote: I wonder what this means for people like myself that accepted employment offers. I "start" work after I graduate.
Shame, to think that I actually turned down multiple job offers, many of which offered a higher salary than MOT. I'm not a fan of sitting on the sidelines and waiting for upper management to make a decision. Perhaps I should start updating my resume? >=\
This is what I get for falling in love with Chicago.... You fell in love with Chicago? Are you kidding me? WHat do you love about it, the ridiculous taxes or the crumbling CTA?
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JD from CT
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Any time you outsource your product line overseas you loose control. MOT used to be a brand name. Now it is just a name with no products or direction.
It's a shame that all the hard working employees have to suffer because of these management errors.
Perhaps they should concentrate on software developement rather than hardware and spin this setback off in a positive manner. The US can't compete with the the low cost of manufacturing anymore, however the software is the Key. Connecticut is a good example of how manufacturing has shifted overseas and they have recovered with softer development and financial services. I vote we keep the software jobs in the US and sell off the hardware.
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