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John Crane

Industry

Equipment Management & Hire

Primary location

Australia

John Crane has a strong legacy that dates back to the creation of the Crane Packing Company in 1917. Prior to World War II, the company’s England-based operations were sold to Tube Investments, which resulted in the creation of TI Group. Then in 1987, TI Group acquired the remaining regional operations and the company reunited as John Crane — named after one of the company’s original founders. In 2000, TI Group merged with Smiths Industries to become Smiths Group plc, a global technology company based in London. Today, John Crane is the largest subsidiary of Smiths Group plc. Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

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What’s it like working at John Crane?

AI summary of recent reviews

Employees value their supportive colleagues and the opportunity to work with world-leading products at John Crane. The company prioritises safety, offers opportunities for skills development, and provides a clean, interactive work environment with reasonable working hours.

However, there are some potential challenges, including a management style that could benefit from more inclusive decision-making, workplace politics that can affect morale, demanding performance expectations even when targets are met, and the need for strong communication skills to build relationships across departments.

Recent reviews

2.0

Sales Role

Oct 2026

Melbourne VIC 30002 to 3 years in the role, former employee

Good customer profiles and good berating work but heavily shadowed by poor management

The good thingsPeers and colleagues were great to work with. Customer profiles being dealt with were top tier oil and gas companies and I had a great time dealing with them.

The challengesSenior management was just terrible. Too many agendas. Very authoritarian culture with toxic politics all around. Lots of finger pointing and overall demoralizing work environment.

2.0

CNC Machinist

May 2025

Sunshine VIC 30204 to 5 years in the role, former employee

I gained some valuable skills working at John Crane, and would have loved to stay, but the management did not seem to value the work we did.

The good thingsI was able to expand my knowledge of OKUMA machines and acquire new skills.

The challengesOur team was able to achieve production targets consistently, although management was always wanting more. Pay was okay, and getting a pay rise was based on performance reviews.

2.0

Sales

Oct 2020

OK! A flush out of Management and get leaders in instead of Managers.

The good thingsWorld leading products

The challengesLike all business the people either make or break the working place and unfortunately in this case management need to take a long look at themselves in the mirror.

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