Brunswick reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(317 total reviews)
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David Foulkes

87% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Brunswick has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 317 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brunswick employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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317 reviews
4.0
May 11, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Top management is ethical, fair and intelligent. Profit sharing and bonus plans are nice. Products and business are interesting and exciting. Good sense of family in the trenches. Compared to the general population of companies out there, this is a good place to work.

Cons

Healthcare coverage deteriorating in recent years. Policy of forcing employees to share personal medical data or face oppressive insurance premiums is borderline draconian. Local leadership tends to micromanage a little. This can limit creativity and undermines morale to a certain degree. Opportunities to advance can be limited due to the fact that local upper management does not post openings but rather hand-picks people from a short list of known past acquaintances. None of this is done nefariously. It's just a management philosophy. There are good people in these positions. It's just my opinion that inclusive management works better. The nature of this business makes it highly sensitive to economic fluctuations. The company produces mostly non-essential, luxury items. Sales suffer greatly during recessionary times. There have been layoffs in the past. The company has admirably responded to economic challenges and may be sized now to avoid this kind of thing in the future. It's just something to consider.

1.0
Apr 22, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people at Navico were like family. They cared about the people and all worked in sync.

Cons

Big Brunswick streamlined to the point that the people didn't matter to them. The communication among the groups became very poor. No one knew what the other functions were doing.

1.0
Mar 26, 2024

Mega corp, diversity over skill

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Pros

The pay was bad, the diversity hires outnumbered the productive employees.

Cons

Soulless company. Due to the DEI program, Brunswick began aggressively hiring anyone they deemed 'diverse'. 10% of the employees did 90% of the work. The rest just scheduled constant meetings. Monthly mandatory diversity training. They do big layoffs right before every quarterly stakeholder report. And you know who they're firing.

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