Is Bridgestone Americas a good company to work for?

Bridgestone Americas has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 2,758 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Bridgestone Americas to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Bridgestone Americas have been left by employees working as Intern - Hourly , Intern and Process Engineer .

Does Bridgestone Americas pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Bridgestone Americas employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Bridgestone Americas. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Bridgestone Americas?

70% of Bridgestone Americas employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Bridgestone Americas 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Bridgestone Americas?

Store Manager (51) , Machine Technician (50) , Machine Operator (46) , Manager (40) , Maintenance Technician (33) , Engineer (27) , Operador De Produção (27) , Service Manager (27) , Intern (23) , Service Technician (23) , Technician (21) , Area Manager (17) , Director (17) , Sales Associate (17) , Crew Leader (16)

What are the pros of working at Bridgestone Americas according to real employee reviews?

"As long as you can make it through swing shift and pay attention you're good" ((in 217 reviews)); "Benefits are good and reasonable" ((in 188 reviews)); "Most of the people are great and there are some interesting projects to work on." ((in 134 reviews)); "The position was remote and the people on the team were great to work with" ((in 29 reviews)); "Good bonus." ((in 27 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Bridgestone Americas according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and too much internal conflict" ((in 100 reviews)); "Long hours and very tiring at times" ((in 63 reviews)); "No work life balance here" ((in 51 reviews)); "Upper management is always changing" ((in 40 reviews)); "IT was made the fall guy for years and years of poor leadership and bad decisions." ((in 35 reviews))

What are employees saying about Bridgestone Americas layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Bridgestone Americas layoffs and their outlook for job security at Bridgestone Americas in 2026.

What Bridgestone Americas locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Morrison , New York , Mesa , Dallas , Baltimore , Carmel , Akron , Los Angeles , Des Moines , Denver

Bridgestone Americas reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,912 total reviews)

Scott Damon

61% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

2.0

Sep 15, 2019

What culture is Bridgestone creating?

Human resources business partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful building in downtown Nashville with parking and 401(k) matching and vesting after 3 years of service. Talented employees that take pride in their work.

Cons

The organization has no succession planning and promotes internally based on who you know rather than what you accomplish. Field environment is filled with ethical integrity issues that are not properly addressed or rectified after notifying multiple parties. The current leadership team has pushed out many talented employees in the last 3 years, which appears to be creating an environment where employees feel undervalued and lack trust in leadership. The organization lacks a proper work/life balance for employees and does not understand the importance of process and structure. Employees that are promoted are thrown into roles without any training, support, etc. which creates challenges in a fast paced environment where positive impacts are expected in a timely manner.

1.0

Oct 19, 2018

Broken Corporate culture = epic fail

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Willing to pay to get talent but comes at a price later

Cons

Top heavy organization... Several instances of people with no work to do for several months , while others are overloaded to breaking point. More chiefs than Indians, lots and lots of directors, even directors under other directors, asinine. Few to no increases, always crunching budget down too the point of causing function suffering and failures,, do as I say not as I do leadership, unable to allow managers to lead and make decisions, micro manage ever single thing

3.0

Aug 21, 2016

Reasons for Both Concern and Hope

Tire engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- The company is full of extrodinarily smart and engaging people, especially in areas of technology. - Building in Akron relatively new (opened 2012) - There are several bottom-up initiatives to improve culture. - Diverse workforce - Flexible work hours - Many opportunities for promotion - Many recreational activities. - Heavily involved in charity.

Cons

- Management preaches innovation to employees, but is not interested unless there is zero associated cost. - Many factories use decades-old equipment, which limits the ability to innovate and improve the product. - Promotions are heavily influenced by inter-office politics. - Very heavy job rotation among management and employees. This results in a reduction of deep knowledge of the product. It also results in additional resources spent getting employees and managers up-to-speed in their new departments. - Middle management is out of the office ~30-40% of the time, often on boondoggles. This often makes it difficult to get a decision/approval. It also foments resentment among the employees. - Too many meetings and reports. - Information Technology is understaffed/underfunded. As a result, new employees wait up to a week to get setup with a computer. Broken equipment can take months to replace unless expedited by management. Common software, such as Microsoft Office is 2+ generations behind what is currently available. - Senior management is filled by people with no tire industry experience. They have experience with commodities such as facial tissues and breakfast cereal, and they are treating tires the same way.

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