Brother USA reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(157 total reviews)
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Kenji Kamei

100% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Brother USA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 157 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brother USA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.4 stars).

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157 reviews
4.0
Oct 9, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This is a stable company, with competitive pay and great benefits. Management has an open door policy and allows you to do your own thing and most managers don't micromanage. Great work space and overall infrastructure.

Cons

Can be political, growth based on visibility to Sr. Management and advancement opportunities are limited.

3.0
Aug 20, 2014

Not as good as it used to be.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company was doing very well recently, and growing much bigger. Many projects. Nice facilities.

Cons

Newer management is clueless on how to run the company, so they brought a "Management Consulting company", a step which proves my point. Too many changes and projects with very doubtful possible benefits or ROI. Many failed projects. Most manager are able and good leaders, but few are, really, absolutely the worst I have ever seen. A lot of relatively new, stupid and unnecessary red-tape and "procedures".

1.0
Jul 12, 2014

Where a career goes to die.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, Limited Choices on company 401k. You might learn something as an entry-level employee. However, if this is a professional venture to advance your career, do not be deceived. You will stagnate and your career options will dwindle.

Cons

As a professional, I came in expecting to be supported. I was denied at every turn a chance to manage and implement changes. I couldn't get out of here soon enough. This was a small time operation, feigning to be a professional operation, any changes I recommended from my years of experience were voted down by the business 'partners'. So you have a stand-alone technology shop that can do nothing on their own. There is a big-brother big-sister complex in the entire office, such that there are signs in the bathroom to tell you when and how to flush. There was free coffee on our small team from a single cup machine because they were too cheap and narrow to even upgrade that. Every day you must go through metal detectors and turnstiles, with your RFID badge just to go do technology work. They don't show you this on an interview, instead they will route you through the front office with a single metal detector. There is an air of paranoia, as they are far more concerned about whether you will return a minuscule sign-on bonus, than actually letting you do your job. I should have heeded the warnings given to me before I joined this operation. Long story short, the culture is heavy-handed and insufferable. Don't bother.

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