Whirlpool Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Whirlpool

Pros – There were lots to learn in terms of inter departments, one will get chance to interact with people from different departments and vendors. As I was in design team, so interactions was on quite higher side, we used to meet senior level team members from other teams and lots of idea's sharing and validation and impletation used to happen. One is open to speak about creative & innovative ideas.

Cons – There were no proper feedback session. Senior team member used to be bit bossy and insecure, what if junior team member starts working good and getting more recognition.
in terms of accepting Ideas and implementing they are quite slow. By the time they understand market and realize need, competitiors go much ahead.

Advice to Senior Management – There should be timely feedback session. A proper growth plan for employee should be made specially if he/ she taking care of two different roles and want to grow in one certain area. Giving chance or say, trusting the junior level team member so that he too can feel motivated and show his true potential.

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Decent leadership development programs for recent college graduates.

Cons – Not all managers are great people developers. Choose your manager wisely.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – 1. Good internal career growth program
2. Challenging and rewarding experiences
3. Good compensation packages
4. Nice, small close knit community
5. Many opportunities to expand life experiences through volunteering

Cons – Managers do have some power to deny an employee the opportunity to take on a new role if they determine that they need that employee for the next 3-6 months which can delay promotion or move to a new position.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Whirlpool full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Diverse, mostly use data for decision making, in general they invest in people and are well structured. They are pretty true to their values and for the most part have a lot of good people. Location is nice if you enjoy a small town and 4 seasons. Products are interesting.

Cons – WHR tends to run through vice presidents a lot, especially in brand and product marketing; so if you are going there as a director or VP or in their MBA or engineering management development program, be sure to ask questions on this point. if you are being recruited at a senior level. There are a lot of back politics and unique customs, like "socializing the documents before you present at a meeting"--so pay attention to the politics and who has informal power. Town is very small, so if you like city life and lots of choice, live in South Bend or closer to Chicago and commute. Company is overly structured in assessment of talent and it is nearly impossible to be considered a top talent, so many great people leave mid career, unnecessarily. Industry is a tough one and margins are thin, so don't expect a lot of perks.and expect some strange cost cutting behavior if the numbers come in light

Advice to Senior Management – Rely less on Consultants--you already have a lot of smart people, use them and quit wasting the money,; If you only knew how many "BCG" slides were actually created by Whirlpool people and just formatted by BCG, you would be embarrassed. Look at all the people that have left over the past 10 years and see how many CEO's and VP's are at really good companies, that have former Whirlpool experience and ask yourself if you missed something or if something is wrong in the talent assessment process. You lose a disproportionate amount of women and diverse talent...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Whirlpool full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Whirlpool offers employee discounts on products which is a good benefit. The South West Michigan area is a great place to live. Lake Michigan beaches are awesome. The people are great.

Cons – The performance review process creates a culture were people undermine each other and don't work as a team. Whirlpool fires people as soon as they reach the age of 55. This is age discrimination of course but there is no recourse.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop firing older people. You are loosing knowledge and talent which will reduce product quality. Eliminate the current review process.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Looks good on a resume. Forces you to deal with multiple processes, some of which are completely useless, and contradictory to success

Cons – No work life balance, expected to work 12 hours a day

Advice to Senior Management – Come down and see how the real world is working

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The company pays a lot of attention to employee engagement, which is fantastic. There are plenty of opportunities to move into new roles and each employee is driven to be an active part of their career development.

Cons – The company is highly "matrixed" - along functional, regional, and product category boundaries - that creates unnecessarily long timing for decisions to be made. They use a "forced ranking" system of performance management - fitting a pool of similar roles into a forced distribution of performance. That drives behavior that places the individual before the company - I have never heard so many comments regarding "PMP" at a company in my life.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue the focus on employee engagement and get rid of the forced ranking.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool

Pros – hours are easy, tuition reimbursement, benefits, bonuses, pay.

Cons – some people can be difficult to work with, but that is not the company's fault. somewhat high turnover with contractors

Advice to Senior Management – Keep it going in the right direction, stay new with technology.

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good working opportunities, caree grow, travel

Cons – Very slow decision process, too orthodox

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Whirlpool

Pros – good culture, very organized and good at executing plans

Cons – management is becoming very cut-throat

Advice to Senior Management – NONE

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend