CommScope
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Unfocused sales strategy. Inability for management to base strategy to deliver better business. Loss of internal innovation replaced by acquisition. The company is primarily focused on building economic value for its investors by acquiring businesses and cutting costs afterwards. The employees' struggles to communicate cross functionally.
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They will cut your hours with no notice

I work at the catawba plant and our hours are cut for at least 3 months. They say we don't have enough orders. Was a decent place to work for in the past. Seems it's going downhill.

Pros

Good work life balance. No micro managing. Cafeteria

Cons

Hours are badly cut with no notice.
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  • Time and location flexibility
  • Ability to meet personal goals
  • Fair pay for job

Going down hill

Supported my family for 19 years. Management lost touch with what was important and stopped caring about the employees. Lots of changes over the past 3 years that impacted the company in a negative way.
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Terrible Environment

Company is struggling to stay afloat given massive debt load and declining businesses. They've done massive staff cuts, eliminated merit increases, and stopped doing 401-k matches and will soon start selling off chunks of the business to raise cash just to survive. Turnaround management team installed by private equity owners has created toxic environment. Everyone is miserable. Stay away from this company!
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Not great for software developers

I came into CommScope via an acquisition. It's a great manufacturing and hardware company, but I'm a software developer and they aren't really good at software management and innovation.What's worse, due to the downturn, not only did they cancel raises, but they are also canceling all long term incentives and 401(k) contributions.
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Fun

Great work life balance. The pay is alright for most positions. Global management has no clue of what they are doing. Local management is good, there hands are just tied.
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Commscope is a fun and great place to work because there is room for advancement within the company.

I enjoyed working at Commscope because it is a great and safe place to work. Commscope management make you feel like family. Commscope management focus on the well being and safety of the employees.

Pros

Commscope offers the opportunity for advancement within the company.

Cons

The lunch breaks are only half hour.
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Official response from CommScope

May 30, 2023
Thank you so much for the positive review and for sharing details about your personal experience as we strive to continuously improve our work experience for all employees.

Good Workplace; Horrible Stability

The Good : average to above average pay, excellent 401k and match, excellent vacation policy, and most importantly you will work with amazing and talented people.The OK: healthcare benefits are average to below average.The Bad : Commscope has serious financial issues stemming from a heavy debt load, leading to quarterly layoffs. The value of the company has fallen over 80% in the last 5 years. All employees are performing 3+ functional jobs. Multiple layoffs have significantly reduced morale.
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Productive workplace

Depending on what your job is, your day can be slow or fast. I’ve learned that not all jobs are created equal. Management is fair. The culture of the company is great. The hardest part of the job is staying awake. The most enjoyable part of the job are the days off.
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Official response from CommScope

May 30, 2023
Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your honesty. We hope you were able to address your concerns with your HR partner or manager as we are always open to hearing suggestions about how we can improve working conditions at CommScope. We are striving to create new solutions for our employees.

Excellent People, Poor Upper Management and Constant Restructuring

Currently, it feels too unstable to recommend. I have no complaints about the work or the people I worked with regularly. Layoffs were frequent and threw everyone for a loop every time they happened.

Pros

Remote, Hybrid, Compensation, Vacation

Cons

Unstable, Healthcare is just OK
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Official response from CommScope

May 30, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to leave us your review. We know it's difficult when business decisions impact our employees. It's difficult for us, too. We appreciate your honesty and hope you were able to address your concerns with your HR partner or manager. Your opinion matters to us and we will take your comments into consideration.

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Toxic management by fear culture.

What is the best part of working at the company?Poorly managed company. Management by fear environment.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?CS promotes a management by fear environment. What is the work environment and culture like at the company?High pressure. They have no loyalty or respect for employees. They reward toxic people and punish those that push back on those that speak up.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Meetings after meetings to report status.
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Official response from CommScope

May 16, 2023
We are truly sorry to hear about your experience. We appreciate your honest feedback and look to our employees to help us create a better employee experience. If you want to provide us with further context around your situation that may help us to understand more in the future, please feel free to send us a direct message at TalentAcquisition@commscope.com. Thank you again for providing us with your feedback.

Ambiente de Trabajo con Oportunidad de Crecimiento

Cuentan con un ambiente de trabajo enfocado a cumplir con las metas, sin embargo es un entorno dónde todos se apoyan y se busca lograr el objetivo común, la variedad de problemas a resolver es lo más interesante; se aprende bastante.
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Official response from CommScope

May 4, 2023
We appreciate the five-star review! Thank you for sharing details about your personal experience as we strive to continuously improve our work experience for all employees.

Account Manager

Difficult role with many different aspects to the job. There is good training by following your team and help from the organization, but the company is mostly remote in terms of its help. You will have to look for your own opportunities.
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Official response from CommScope

May 12, 2023
Thank you for your comments. We appreciate your honesty. We are also open to hearing your suggestions about how we can improve working conditions at CommScope as we are striving to create new solutions for our employees. To help us ensure personal and professional success, please speak with your manager or reach out to your HR partner about your concerns.

Great place to work

Great place to work! 4 on, 4 off, 12 hour shifts for Operators. Overtime is paid after 8 hours. 4 day weeks = 16 hours of OT. A typical Operator makes about $65-70k annually. Typically, additional OT is there is if you want it. Normally, it is very easy to get time off, I've never been denied a day off request. Management wise, the day shift Supervisors are great, some of the night shift Supervisors are green...to be expected.

Pros

Paid breaks, only work half the year, Salary

Cons

Health insurance could be better
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Official response from CommScope

April 24, 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us your review! We're glad to hear about your positive experience as part of CommScope. We thank you for your dedication to our customers and our business, and sincerely hope you continue to share your #CommScopeLife with others.

Good

Great Work Life BalanceGreat Pay, Great BenefitsGreat work life balance with 4x4 schedule with the exception of having to work the weekends every other month.
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Official response from CommScope

March 28, 2023
Your feedback is much appreciated. We strive to be competitive in our industry and offer the best to our employees. Thank you for acknowledging the things we do well.

Excelente. Personal

Team work. Entrenamiento. En el trabajo x aplicar. Te gusta. Trabajar tiempo extra es el lugar perfecto

Pros

401. Etc

Cons

Descansos
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Official response from CommScope

April 24, 2023
Thank you for your review! We're thrilled and humbled that your experience has earned us five stars.

Commscope company is a great place to work and to advance within the company to be successful in life

Commscope company is a great place to work because the management provides you with the learning tools to give everyone the opportunity to succeed by learning new skills to advance within the company. I love working at Commscope because the company focuses on the safety of the employee as well as for the safety of their customers.

Pros

Commscope provides the best learning tools to advance within the company.

Cons

Health care insurance is too costly.
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Official response from CommScope

March 28, 2023
Thank you for the great review! We're thrilled and humbled that your experience has earned us five stars.

Great pay, poor communication

The pay is great. Benefits are good. Communication is horrible for a communications company. To move around departments or jobs, they work off of a bidding system. They often seem to make the mistake of awarding a job to you only for you to find out someone with a longer history has sweet talked their way into your new position. There are seasoned workers who've been there between 20 to 40 years, and then there are newer people that have only been there a couple of years. Training is a joke. You will be lucky to receive a month of training before they throw you out to the wolves and let you figure out how to run products you've never been trained on. Not enough training causes downtime, and you most likely will get chastised for downtime depending on management. The three 30 minute breaks are a risk rather than an actual break because there isn't anyone to cover for your line while you take one. The weekend shift has it rough when the upper management, technicians, and schedulers are off. No one knows what's going on or how to work the new technology or when the next shipment of supplies will arrive until the next weekday. Although most individuals are nice, it's plain to see there are favorites. Overall, it's a nice place to work but being a Senior Manufacturing Operator isn't worth the extra penny given the overwhelming expectations and responsibilities compared to a regular Manufacturing Operator.
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Official response from CommScope

March 17, 2023
Thank you for your feedback. We're truly sorry to hear about your experience. While we work hard to ensure our communication is clear, sometimes we get it wrong. And we apologize. While we will be taking your comments into consideration, we also hope you were able to address your concerns with your HR partner or manager upon departure as providing more details helps us create better solutions to elevate employee experience for all. Thank you again for your detailed feedback.

Great benefits but if you are salary be prepared to work more than 40 hours a week.

Work life balance was hard to achieve. Very few weeks were only 40 hours, most were around 55 hours. The people are friendly and nice for the most part.

Pros

Great benefits

Cons

Work life balance difficult
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Official response from CommScope

January 12, 2023
Thank you for taking the time to provide us with your review. We're concerned to hear that you are finding it difficult to have a satisfying work/life balance with us. Your experience as an employee is important to us. While we will be taking your feedback into consideration as we look for ways to improve employee experience, we encourage you to reach out to your manager to explore ways to create a better balance.

Awful.

Way too much of a work load. Expected to work so much overtime just to keep afloat. Very challenging job with very little training. Everyone is so busy that it is hard to get help with anything. Systems are NOT user friendly. They make the pay seem like it is really good, but for the amount of work and things that are required to be done it is NOT enough. Everyone is out for themselves, especially in sales. They will pin tasks on you that are not even for you to do because they are too lazy to do it. They like to throw you under the bus if you are not understanding. Very condescending and backhanded comments are constant. Not to mention a missing persons report was filed on me because I didn’t show up for one day of work lol. A sherif literally came to my house. 😂 all in all, if you’re up for being so stressed out that you go to bed crying and want no quality of life, this is def the job for you. 😇
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Official response from CommScope

December 23, 2022
We're truly sorry to hear about your experience. As a global leader, we aim to be competitive and offer the best to our employees. Your feedback concerns us and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention. We sincerely hope you were able to address your concerns with your HR partner upon departure, and wish you the best at your next place.

Stability

Good job and good money. Work is not bad for pay and advancement opportunities are there if you are active in moving up or around. Work schedule is 4 days on 4 days off.
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Official response from CommScope

December 5, 2022
Thank you for taking the time to leave us your review. We really appreciate it when people take the time to share their experiences with us.

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Based on 597 reviews

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3.7 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3.7 out of 5 stars for Compensation/Benefits
3.1 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.3 out of 5 stars for Management
3.5 out of 5 stars for Culture

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