I'm fine in here but if you're lookin' to come in you should move on. - Product Development Engineer Eastman Kodak Employee Review

3.0
Aug 20, 2008
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Pros

If you can get into Document Imaging, congrats. It's a division of Kodak not well known by the public eye but they bring in a large sum of money to the bottom line and they are repeatedly an inter-company model of how a great business is run. These people have a business model that is realistic - programs get grilled for their worthiness and, for the most part, they don't survive for long if a good business case doesn't exist. Also, the management knows how to present themselves to the corporate managers as being a viable business to get sufficient funding.

Cons

Downsizing for the last 4 years. STILL downsizing but not being public about it. Too many old timers bitching about how the company's been falling for twenty years. Employee resentment of management(because of 20 years of downfall).

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5.0
Dec 31, 2025
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Pros

Great people to work with. Enjoyed my time there, left for a better opportunity.

Cons

Building is a little out dated.

2.0
Dec 23, 2025
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Pros

To be fair, there are smart, capable people here, and the Kodak name still opens doors. But culture and execution matter more than branding. Without clarity, trust, and leadership engagement, even good ideas struggle. I don’t regret the experience as it was instructive. But if you’re considering joining, ask very specific questions about role boundaries, feedback cadence, and how decisions actually get made. Don’t confuse constant motion with real progress.

Cons

Working at Kodak was an eye opening experience in how large, legacy organizations try to reinvent themselves while still dragging along all the habits that made reinvention necessary in the first place. It often felt like roles were constantly shifting, ownership was unclear, and people were operating on instinct rather than alignment. There was a lot of activity, plenty of meetings, and very little agreement on who actually owned what. One colleague in particular somehow ended up doing several jobs at once. That may sound impressive, but in practice it created confusion and friction. When one person tries to be everything, it leaves everyone else in an awkward and unnecessary position.Leadership was mostly absent until it wasn’t. There was also a noticeable top down culture. Certain personalities didn’t invite discussion so much as compliance. Offering alternative viewpoints wasn’t encouraged, and collaboration tended to flow in one direction. Confidence often crossed into condescension, which made an already challenging environment harder than it needed to be.

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