Not what it used to be - Anonymous employee Motorola Solutions Employee Review

3.0
Sep 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Technical excellence, innovation, and customer advocacy have long been a hallmark. Lots of great people. Personal Time Off (PTO) policy has remained as a strong competitive benefit.

Cons

During my time at Motorola, the total number of employees went down by over 90%. It was sad to watch. When they froze the pension for long-time participants, it was a huge blow to loyalty and trust. Years of spin-offs, sell-offs, outsourcing, offshoring, benefit takeaways, quarterly layoffs, and continuous reorganization resulted in an atmosphere of fear and loathing. In general, it was a "good job", but you were always in fear you would be next and trying to figure out how to avoid the inevitable.

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5.0
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Pros

Work Life Balance, great leadership, benefits, constant strive to do the right thing

Cons

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2.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

I highly value the autonomy I am given to manage my own workload, and I thoroughly enjoy collaborating with several of my talented colleagues.

Cons

That independence comes at a cost. The company is incredibly disorganized and siloed. Management will force lateral moves on you without asking; I've ended up balancing four different roles with absolutely no pay increase. Requests for fair compensation compared to the peers I trained were completely ignored. Territories change constantly, but zero training is provided. You are essentially left entirely on your own to figure it out.

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