Pros
In business since 1818, built by generations of loyal and motivated employees. Many have given their entire career and countless personal hours. Previous respectful and motivating leadership. A handful of them are left. Benefits are good. Clean work environment and fleet. Compensation is good. A few remaining Old Timers are highly experienced in the industry. Interesting technology evolution and learning opportunity. UTC (parent company) is ethical. Mostly great people at the branch level. Once the envy of competitors in terms of who to work for and where to learn the business.
Cons
Over the last 2 years the company has been run by leadership incompetence. Egos that are greater than life, bullying on many levels, countless loyal long term and hard working employees have lost their jobs. Highly political. Advancement is reserved for those that are in the management "boys & girls club". Most new management now come from virtually any non-technical company. No more advancement opportunity to start at the ground level. So called born leaders at Chubb Edwards come from Courier Companies, Photo Copier, Business Machine, Stationary Retailers or Elevator industry. They are instant industry experts and leaders by ego, bullying and by degrees to their names. Will Chubb Edwards become the Nortel of the Security Industry ? For now, competitors are gobbling up all the experienced industry icons and taking away sales. The only one's loving the current state are those same competitors. Hopefully UTC will wake up and see what's happening before it is too late. Todd Myers is no longer the CEO or President. Things would be different if he still was. The leader since these changes occurred is Tracy Cordes.
