Motorola: Setting the Industry Standard

Motorola is known around the world for innovation and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. A Fortune 100 company, Motorola is driven by a sharp focus on seamless mobility, revolutionizing broadband and wireless networks—bringing leading-edge technologies into everyday life. And, as Motorola customers can attest, they do it with style.

Market leader

When Motorola says it’s a market leader, it’s not just talking: The company enjoys a leadership position in most all of the markets in which it participates, and recorded sales of $35.3 billion in 2005.

“We are in all the right markets,” says Floyd Wagoner, Motorola’s senior manager of marketing. “And as we grow as a business, we develop and take our employees with us.”

One of the original high-tech startups, Motorola continues to operate in an entrepreneurial way, relying on employees at every level to help create the company’s next big innovation.

“We believe employees are given every opportunity to unleash their potential,” says Wagoner, or as the company’s website puts it: “Unleash your moto.”

The big-company advantage

With about 68,000 employees and more than 320 facilities in over 70 countries, Motorola has a major global presence. Its employees enjoy a diverse workplace where new ideas are met with enthusiasm, and where a wealth of human capital, technical, and financial resources is a distinct advantage.

“For me, personally, one of the best things about working here has been the opportunity for growth,” says Wagoner. Motorolans, as the company’s employees are sometimes called, can move vertically within their own discipline, or horizontally between business units and functions. “That’s the beauty of a big company,” Wagoner adds. “You don’t have to leave to discover a new career path. Here, you’ll get a chance to spread your wings and try new avenues. That doesn’t happen everywhere.”

In the business world, Motorola’s commitment to innovation and employee development is widely recognized. In 2006, it was named one of America’s Most Admired Companies (Network Communications) by Fortune Magazine; won the National Medal of Technology, America’s highest honor for technological innovation; and earned a spot on Business Ethics Magazine’s® list of best corporate citizens.

Accolades aside, for many employees, there is one major reason they chose Motorola. As Wagoner says: “A really cool job now and the opportunity for growth and development in the future—that’s the real benefit of working at Motorola.”

The “cool factor”

Like many large companies, Motorola offers a solid benefits package, including all the usual perks, and then some: a health plan that focuses on disease prevention; life insurance; 401k; mentoring programs, recognition, and rewards; on-the job training, e-learning, and education; and a number of family-focused programs such as on-site childcare, adoption assistance, and referral resources. But for many employees, what makes Motorola stand out from its competitors is the “cool factor.”

“People want to be attached to a winner,” says Wagoner. And Motorola is just that. “We have a well-known consumer brand: edgy, cool products that customers must have,” says Wagoner. But to maintain its winning edge, the company must keep attracting a special type of employee.

“We’re hiring future innovators,” Wagoner says. “Our engineers aren’t working on old stuff. They’re always looking ahead. We’re looking for people to help drive the development of first-in-industry communications technologies.”

Currently, Motorola is looking to fill numerous positions in Greater Boston. Those interested, especially engineers, can apply online at www.motorolacareers.com.

For theses new job openings, Wagoner says, Motorola is looking for smart, creative, innovative types, “people with great ideas and a passion for making the world a better and more interesting place through technology.”