The following is a sample of Companies who employ Professional Engineers, and who allegedly degrade Professional Engineers on an on-going basis or allow their agents or their subsidiaries to do so, in one way or another, and the names of the countries who facilitate this.
Young Graduates.......if your employer is not going to show respect for you, maybe you should think of going elsewhere. There are plenty of respectful employers waiting for you !
ADT Alarm Company - http://www.adt.com ( UK, IRL mainly ).
Alcatel - http://www.alcatel.com - President, COO, Mike Quigley, ( Engineer ) - ( Worldwide ).
Atlas Copco Group - http://www.atlascopco.com - President and CEO, Gunnar Brock ( Worldwide ).
Babcock & Wilcock Company - http://www.babcock.com ( US, Ca, mainly ).
Babcock and Brown - http://www.babcockbrown.com, Michael Larkin, CEO & Managing Director (International).
BAE SYSTEMS - http://www.baesystems.com - CEO, Mike Turner, CBE - ( Worldwide ).
Baltec ( UK ) Ltd - http://www.baltec.co.uk ( Europe, Japan, Far East ).
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) - http://www.bbc.co.uk - Director General, Mark Thompson.
Bord Gais - http://www.bordgais.ie - ( IRL, NI + ).
British Gas - http://www.britishgas.co.uk - Managing Director, Phil Bentley.
British Telecom Group (BT) - http://www.bt.com - Chief Executive, Ben Verwaayen ( Worldwide ).
Caterpillar Inc - http://www.cat.com - Chairman, CEO, Jim Owens ( Worldwide ).
Centrica - http://www.centrica.com - CEO, Sam Laidlaw.
Digiweb Ltd - http://www.digiweb.ie /.co.uk - CEO, Colm Piercy ( Ireland, UK, Europe ).
Eircom Ltd ( Ireland ) - http://www.eircom.ie - Chairman, Engineer Pierre Danon ( International ).
Electrolux Group - http://www.electrolux.com - President, CEO, Hans Straberg ( Engineer ) - ( Worldwide ).
E.ON, UK (Power Gen) - http://www.pgen.com - Chief Executive, Engineer Paul Golby ( Worldwide ).
Epson Global - http://www.epson.com - Chairman, CEO, Saburo Kusama ( Engineer ) ( Worldwide ).
Europlex Technologies Ltd - http://www.europlex.ie ( UK, IRL, US, Ca ).
Fujitsu - http://www.fujitsu.com. Vodafone Group - http://www.vodafone.com - Chairman, Sir John Bond ( Worldwide ).
GE Security - http://www.geindustrial.com ( Worldwide ).
Honeywell International - http://www.honeywell.com ( Worldwide ).
Hotpoint - http://www.hotpoint.com ( Worldwide ).
IBM Corporation ( Computers ) - http://www.ibm.com - Chairman, CEO, Samuel Palmisano ( Worldwide ).
Indesit Company SpA - http://www.indesit.com - CEO, Engineer Marco Milani ( Worldwide ).
Ingersoll Rand International - http://www.ingersollrand.com - President, Chairman, CEO, Herbert Henkel-Engineer (Worldwide )
Lexmark - http://www.lexmark.co.uk ( Worldwide ).
Microsoft Corporation - http://www.microsoft.com - Chairman, Bill Gates ( Worldwide ).
National Grid Group plc - http://www.nationalgrid.com - Executive Director, Steven Holliday ( UK + ).
NCR Corporation - http://www.ncr.com - President, CEO, Bill Nuti ( Worldwide ) .
NEC Group - http://www.nec.com - CEO, Tomohiri Yagi ( Worldwide ).
OTIS Elevator Company - http://www.otis.com - President, Engineer Ari Bousbib ( Worldwide ).
Parker Hannifin Corporation - http://www.parker.com ( UK + ).
Peter Brotherhood Ltd - http://www.peterbrotherhood.co.uk - Managing Director, Stephen Fitzpatrick ( Worldwide ).
Pheonix Natural Gas - http://www.pheonix-natural-gas.co.uk - CEO, Peter Dixon ( UK + ).
Philips Global - http://www.philips.com ( Worldwide ).
Robert Bosch GmbH - http://www.bosch.com ( Worldwide ).
Rolls-Royce - http://www.rolls-royce.com - Chief Executive, Sir John Rose ( Worldwide ).
Sanyo - http://www.sanyo.com - Chairman, CEO, Tomoyo Nonaka ( Worldwide )
Schindler Elevator Company - http://www.schindler.com ( Worldwide )
Scotia Gas Networks (SGN) - http://www.scotiagasnetworks.co.uk ( UK + ).
Shell Group of Companies - http://www.shell.com - Chief Executive, Jeroen van der Veer ( Worldwide ).
Siemens AG - http://www.siemens.com - Chairman, Prof., Dr-Ing., Engineer ( Worldwide ).
SKY News and Sky 1 - UK based - ALL SKY Channels - Chief Executive, James Murdoch ( Worldwide ).
Tyco International Ltd - http://www.tyco.com - Chairman, CEO, Edward Breen ( Worldwide ).
United Utilities - http://www.unitedutilities.com - Chief Executive, Philip Green ( UK + ).
Viridian Group plc (NIE) - http://www.viridian.co.uk - Managing Director, Laurence MacKenzie ( UK + ).
Vodafone Group plc - http://www.vodafone.com - CEO, Arun Sarin ( Worldwide ).
Volkswagen AG - http://www.vw.com - Chairman, Engineer Bernd Pischetsrieder ( Dr. and Ing ) ( Worldwide ).
Wales & West Utilities (WWU) - http://www.wwutilities.co.uk - Chief Executive, Graham Edwards ( UK + ).
Whirlpool - http://www.whirlpool.com ( Worldwide ).
Xerox Corporation - http://www.zerox.com - Chairman, CEO, Anne Mulcahy ( Worldwide ).
Zanussi-Electrolux - http://www.zanussi-electrolux.com - President and CEO, Hans Straberg ( Worldwide ).
A study reveals that the United Kingdom ( UK ) is one of the MAIN centers in the world for a culture that degrades Engineers. This low-image culture is being blatantly propagated by SOME Companies, with total disrespect for Professional Engineers, for commercial gain and appeasing industrial relations, as they diversify into other countries where proper standards exist.
Engineers themselves are partly responsible for the survival of this culture by their lack of assertiveness. The so-called Professional Engineering Institutions, who represent Engineers, also suffer from a lack of assertiveness which has existed for 300 years. Do they not know that a Softly Softly approach does not work in the above circumstances ?