Honeywell International
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Honeywell is the most unethical and disgraceful organisation on the planet. I personally witnessed Australian Honeywell managers using corporate funds to hire prostitutes during their kick-off meeting in Phuket. I would never have anything to do with this orgainisation.

Deciding to Work for Honeywell Has been the single most regretable thing that I have ever done with my career Period.
No raises, the worst workmans comp insurance on the planet. and on top of that a micromanaging group of overpaid ex mcdonalds employees that would step on your childs face to get a step higher on the corporate ladder.

I feel very worried for you as you are stuck in a situation which probably feels more helpless than it really is. Because you are not alone, you will be more inclined to think there's nothing you can do to change your situation (because it appears everyone is apathetic and/or have been reprimanded as an example).
When a person is stuck in an abusive work placement, he/she develops a thick skin to it - to the point where some negative situations don't seem as 'bad' as others. ("Oh they took away our chairs...? Well, at least they didn't shorten our unpaid lunch...")
Surely there's someone (an outsider) you know who could drop by to assess how bad things really are, and then act on it if there are negative situations. I realize there's no law against not providing an employee with a seat, but I am sure this company is not following through on some legitimate employer standards.
It's hard to 'prove' verbal harassment and/or threats but it's easy to have an outsider file complaints regarding the physical worksite.

Just google The Occupational Safety and Health Act and you can get any of your workplace questions answered. If you could get even three outsider 'friends' to literally file a complaint a week - eventually something would have to change.

Here's an example of a potential complaint:
"OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Act) contains regulations which require employers to provide at least one restroom for each 20 employees of the same gender. The provided restroom should include adequate hot/cold water, hand towels, and soap."

How does your work site measure up?

Where i work is getting like a sweat shop. I work at Tempe where it was a better place to work now that they are implementing HOS they have taking all our chairs away and making us stand all day and using stop watches, our breaks & lunchs are very short. I feel like looking for a new Job but I've work there 15 years and I'm getting old.

I think also our production has gone down but they ignore that and tell us not to say anything negative or it will threaten our jobs.

Old aquastat, L8148E, went bad. Plumber installed new one, Did not work, He tested all connections and used meter, No good, Supplier gave us another and it worked. Who pays my plumber for the 2 hours wasted time?

Took a picture of the company car that was too close driving behind my car. Tailgated me for about 2 miles straight. Trying to intimidate me. This driver does not belong on the road.

I used to work for Garrett AirResearch (a division of the Signal Co.) It went downhill fast after it's merger with Allied.
I was cheated out of my layoff package after they ask me if I had a gun in my car. (Note: The parking lot is separated from the main plant with a fence topped with barbed wire and has guarded access.) When I said I do I was told that was against there rules. I had never been told that it was. I didn't dispute this because the job application, employment contract, or employee handbook stated that employees would be employed "at will."
After my termination I heard that the company had a purge of employees for drug use.
I'm sure in many cases that was true as was alcoholism. Just working at that place was enough to make people drink. I never was a drug user but I admit I was an alcoholic. This played no part in my termination - I didn't drink on company time. Although I never did my drinking until I got home for the day, I know of many others who tanked up at lunch time.
Wonderful that drunks and drug addicts were building aircraft parts (I post sarcastically).
Please excuse my rambling but even after many years I still hold a grudge for what current employees call HoneyHell or MoneyHell.
I quit my hard drinking after my termination and indeed have completely quit drinking for this century.

Honeywell sucks! they are taking away all health insurance for retirees. watch out all Honeywell retirees they are coming for your benefits.they are the worst they suck the big one!

I left the company back in May after 5 years. At first I enjoyed working there but as time went on, I noticed a lot of issues. For example a manager only being hired because of who their family member is in the organization. Inspite the lack of experience. Then also the overwhelming workload that is pushed on the salary employees and no compensation. It was expected to work constantly and even work while on vacation based on back up availability. And managers having the attitude that “everyone is replaceable and your contribution is not valuable.” Also managers being hired with no experience and having the attitude that they do not need to be accountable for anything when things go wrong especially when it was their direction. And what is the point of having HR when no concerns brought to them are addressed! I can go on and on about Honeywell and their unethical practices and the lack of respect for their employees but I will just reference it as “Honeyhell” as some of my former colleagues would say!

Wow, I've known for almost 20 years that 'Honeylied' (the name I give it in 1999 during the initial merger with Allied Signal) SUCKS... but I had not realized the world-wide level of their greedy ignorance and inept management practices (Please don't get me started on 6 Sigma and Heijunka implementation). I've worked (always as a contract employee) at several Honeywell Aerospace facilities in the Phoenix, Arizona area. I started out with Honeywell EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrumentation Systems), as an Electronics Test Technician, in 1999, only a few months before the Allied Signal merger was finalized. My department manager told me that he had recommended me for direct-hire to my position and 3 days later, Honeywell laid off EVERY contract aka temporary employee, including me. Two and a half months later, I got hired to another temporary position at what used to be Honeywell IAC (Industrial Automated Controls) as an Electronic Engineering Technician working directly with an old-school Engineer on a new project development. That was around 10/1999 and the week BEFORE Christmas 1999, ALL the temps were laid off again during another round of 'head-chopping. I was let go because the Engineer that I was working for (a Mr. James Bonds... yeah, I had fun with his name too.) was due to retire in 10 months and Honeylied offered him his full regular wages for the next 10 months AND his 'full 30 year retirement', IF he would take an immediate 'early retirement'. He apologized to me, knowing that it would end my employment, but it was just too good to pass up. Since then, I've worked several other 'contract positions' at the Deer Valley plant, in North Phoenix. The last one was a 6-month contract, in early 2014, which was not extended because they were experiencing a 'parts inventory shortage' from a First Source Vendor. But HERE's the rub: I've applied to the very same positions offered for direct-hire and have NEVER gotten a single invitation to interview. They will rent my technical skills and 30 years experience BUT they will not interview me for direct-hire employment to the exact same jobs. Instead, Honeylied HR sends me an email, claiming to want to 'know more' about me, with a web-link to a site to take a 'behavioral assessment evaluation'. The link is always set to expire in 48 hours. The first two times, I completed the assessment and never heard back after that. I've received several more since, including one about a month ago... and I basically, but politely told them to go 'eff' themselves. If my talent is good enough for them to repeatedly 'rent me like a street-walker', then I'm good enough to be a direct employee, regardless of their BS psych evaluations. Let the manager actually interview me and determine if we have good fit, not leave it to some online personality assessment software product. I swore in 2004 that I would never work for this '[censor]-stain' of a company again but... when you need a job to support yourself, you have to take what you can get and bite the bullet to accept the screwing you know you're going to get with this organization.

Dittos ...I had the exact same experiences as you, over 40 years, major discrimination in aerospace group, EEOC in Phoenix is useless, HR is useless. Someone could hang themselves in the plant and Honeywell would see it as no big seal.

Years ago Honeywell was a good place to work and I think you will hear that from a lot of retirees. Now it is a miserable place, little or no raises, unpaid furloughs and lousy benefits. The work environment is horrible. Managers are selected based on their support of HOS (Honeywell Operating System) which is the current psychological hoax being perpetuated, and not for any particular skill or talent in dealing with people. Micromanagement is on steroids at this company. I would not recommend this company to anyone and the people that they do currently hire are not sticking around once they find out what the company is all about.