Bridgestone Americas reviews

Terrible leadership and mid level management. Very little room or opportunity to advance if in the lower hierarchy position. Since it is a multi level organizational structure, there is a huge gap between the top of the organization and the lower levels, that lead to disenfranchisement of the employees, disengagement and the silo effect. Decision making and action taking is slow. The verbal committments on creating a great culture, a free to be movement and D&I efforts are just that, verbal. There is no actual action to make the culture better. The top leadership is in their own bubble with no efficent way to connect to an every day worker on any level. D&I and HR departments are a joke and just a facade. There is an apparent huge turn over in the HR department, and since almost self governing, they pretty much do whatever they want, and retain or promote terrible leaders. No true career development and advancement for an average employee. Although, the company leadership is very vocal on presenting the efforts to improve career development of its employees, But again, they are all verbal statements with no actionable steps to make them a reality.

The office space at the corporate Tower is anti-productivity. HR is completely incompetent. Gross, possibly criminal, pay discrepancies exist within the same role. New hires make 15-20% more than Top Performers with 3-5 years in the role. Very limited raise/promotion potential. Managers have a nasty habit of blocking employees from taking jobs in other departments. No paternity leave. Expect to work 60+hours to start. Due to heavy parking restrictions, this means you won't be able to use the fancy gym. Constant hiring freezes so you team is always understaffed. Will likely face massive layoffs in 6-9 months.