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Bridgestone Americas

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Bridgestone Americas reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,912 total reviews)
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Scott Damon

59% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Bridgestone Americas has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,912 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bridgestone Americas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
May 14, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

For this area, the pay is great. They are increasing the amount of training they provide to employees, and have teamed up with some excellent partners to ensure the training is more relevant. There is always some kind of improvement or expansion in the works. If you love a challenge, you'll like working here. There are plenty of opportunities for overtime as well. The rotating schedule offers a lot of time off. Very little chance of ever getting laid off... this company has been around forever and isn't going anywhere.

Cons

A lot of the equipment is very old, and in many cases parts can't be found. Drawings or other technical information is outdated and hard to sort through. There aren't spare parts for a lot of the newer equipment. You need to REALLY love this kind of work, because you will be climbing, crawling, contorting your body, and getting very dirty in the process. The rotating schedule (12 hour shifts, switching from days to nights) is difficult. If you're the type that misses work a lot, this company will not be a good fit for you. The attendance policy is very strict.

2.0
Mar 14, 2018

Just a job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are ecent, nice teammates, head office and R&D center buildings are nice

Cons

A lot of finger pointing,m, very little senior management retention, leadership acts like we are loosing money even with strong profits and there is little investment in the future success of the organization

4.0
Jul 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Team in my area of work Great Compensation, Benefits Average to Below Average, Bonus Plan was changed last year, still good until grandfather period expires.

Cons

Company is trying too much to become just like other large companies instead of keeping the unique identity that it had when I joined the company 5 years ago. Too much emphasis on hiring millennials vs. the right experienced people Too hard for experienced people to get promoted, too easy for millineals Trying to follow the blue print for reorganization that other companies have followed unsuccessfully

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