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Overall Yokogawa was a good place to work. The pay (at least in my role) was good, benefits were pretty strong, and the people are GREAT! It was challenging, but I felt I had the needed support for the most part, and it is definitely collaborative. I would have continued working there if my husband's job didn't require relocation.
Some downsides: morale was low at my location due to perceptions of management and several years without raises; the company was recovering from hard economic downturns in their industry a couple years back. For what it's worth, when I left efforts were being made by management to improve morale. Also, being a large corporation there is definitely red tape and it takes time for changes and decisions to be made. Work/life balance is generally valued by the employees and managers, but realistically many of us have to work overtime because the company keeps manpower as minimal as possible; it was often a stressful job between the morale and the workload. 
Overall, it is not a bad place to work, it's just not well-suited for the career driven.Talent development is weak, and it is not the modern workplace that caters to the eager young professional looking for a quick experience pit-stop; it does not have the sparkle of huge salaries, flexible work hours, jeans everyday, and fancy mentorship programs in a trendy city. Rather, it is the solid, simple workplace made up of good people that will meet your needs without the danger of cut-throat competitiveness so often found in large companies. It is predominantly made up of friendly, moral people who see their job as a means of paying the bills and enjoy living quietly in the Newnan area. If you feel similarly, I recommend Yokogawa.

A typical day involves running tests on DCS logic and implementing code based on customer requirements. I monitored progress of projects and tracked progress via flow charts and check sheets. Customer interaction was a daily affair and involved constant communication and changes to code in order to meet requirements in the scope of the project.
I learned how to talk to customers, code logic for DCS systems, manage and work on several projects at one time, and work in a group of engineers.

I enjoyed my co-workers and they enjoyed me, we worked very closely to finish products on time. Thus our progress was strongly determined by how much work each of us put in.

The hardest part of the job was the management, communication between engineers and managers was tough because managers were overseeing multiple projects at one time. The organization of the company's server was also in disarray and caused issues.

The most enjoyable part of the job was learning to code and build HMI's however, this is not my passion thus I am looking for another job.

Despite being a Japanese company, the good ‘old boy network here is strong. Middle managers are either in meetings 6 hours a day an can’t be bothered or outside smoking cigarettes for the rest of the day (don’t even think about asking them questions then). Corporate marketing is constantly having little secret meetings devising new and clever ways to say no to get out of doing any actual work. Upper management loves pointless meetings and PowerPoint slides concocting new miracles of gaining xx% CAGR in a short time span. Loads of 100% home office people who need to be catered to during meetings even though the main office is on EST. Not to mention compete lack of accountability for their work. If you are a young, bright, and ambitious engineer, avoid this place at all costs. The work environment is very conservative and they in 2018 realized jeans should be part of the dress code.Women in marketing roles are treated like secretaries, expected to serve coffee and vacuum rooms for male guests! I doubt the Newnan location will be in business much longer.

Flexibility is must a working between SAP and Excel on a daily basis.  

Report to several Project Managers while maintaining their budgetary projects and supporting their team of Engineers in office and on site.  Monthly project reviews, billing, expenses, and inputting all time in SAP for contractors.

What I have taken from Yokogawa is learning how the DCS/SIS and ProSafe assist the customers to make first Oil.  All testing is done on site then testing is done again on site.

the Management style varies with each department which, makes it a challenge

Hardest part of the job is communicating between departments, this is due to Management keeping everybody departmentalized

Most enjoyable part of the job is the people and having the customers in the building.  Ordering lunches and having them brought in for the customer.

As an MBA, I can attest that the management of this company, while changing with the new CEO, is horribly behind the times and is linked to the Japanese based HQ. This centralized management approach is slow to react, slower to act, and will not survive should the company fail to change. 

However, the culture is changing, the people are changing, and the overall outlook of the company is positive. 

Furthermore, the lack of commensurate compensation is atrocious. I cannot believe the reports that Engineers at this company may 2/3 of the rate of similar professionals at other companies. This situation  much change or the company will lose too much good talent to the competition.

I really admired Yokogawa for their culture of scientific advancement while retaining a sense of human values. I felt a loyalty and sense of purpose there that is very common among Japanese companies, even in "employment-at-will" cultures like the United States.

People from other DCS firms have told me that they had the impression that Yokogawa was a "sweat shop" environment for engineers, particularly in Proposals.

That was not my experience, but, then again, I had my stroke and had to leave Yokogawa after only three months of employment, before the 2008 economic meltdown.

I have enjoyed working at Yokogawa and have learned a lot over my 20 years here. I have learned the importance of making products to the customers satisfaction and caring about the quality of my work. It has taken me a very long time to get to the salary I am at though and think that I should be compensated more for all that I do and for the quality of work that I send out to the customers.It is also very hard to move up in the company. I have tried many times to Bid on other jobs to advance where I feel I have the qualifications only to have the job given to someone else and this has happened many times. Advancement and compensation is the only issue for me with the company.

Yokogawa provided what seemed to be a great atmosphere to grow in the company. With myself still being young and the company keeping you in the know with what new ventures they were seeking it was easy to plan for additional education for advancement. Though the company was overall very succesfull on a large scale our particular department fluctuated heavily on their employment needs leaving me consistently stressed as I only came in as a temporary employee.

This company has a very bright future, but there lacks a team attitude. Pep talks mean nothing when the actions do not match the rhetoric.

I learned to keep my mouth shut and never voice any suggestions for improvement.

Management is far removed from the application level challenges associated with contract completion. There seems to be an "Us" and "Then" mentality where if one is not part of the clique, they are shunned. Not so much as an acknowledgment that the lower tier is as critical to the success of the company, as are those living in Glass Houses.

Management was all family and friends that were inept at their job. Waste of time, materials, and talent were rampant there. What could have been great was pushed aside because of bad management decisions. Any attempt to give helpful advice was brushed away stating the old saying " we have always done it this way". Many employees were trained there and had no prior experience in working in a more effective manner. Very stagnant in many aspects.

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