He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of the Whirlpool Corporation and serves on the board of directors for Dow Inc., the Indiana University Foundation, and is a PGA REACH Trustee.

[4][5] Fettig joined the Whirlpool Corporation as a marketing management trainee in 1981.

[10] He serves on the board of governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

[11] In April 2017, Fettig was criticized by François Ruffin for planning to close down a Whirlpool factory in Amiens, France, and opening a new one in Poland, where salaries are lower, while raising shareholder dividends by 10%.

[14] In October 2017, Fettig was succeeded as CEO by Marc Bitzer; however he kept his role as chairman of Whirlpool,[15] until the end of 2018.