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Automotive Technician - Automotive Technician Bridgestone Americas Employee Review

2.0
Nov 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good for beginners to see if they actually want to pursue a career as a mechanic

Cons

Pay well below par compared to other shops No employee loyalty. Managers say you will be promoted to lead or senior tech just to have them hire someone new a month later No room for promotion within- they falsely advertise this Preferential treatment and highly political Faulty equipment that breaks and almost took off one emoloyees arm and a different employees leg on different occasions of course High turn over rate Managers forgetting to enroll techs for ASE testing, even though they were sent to the ASE class Long hours for little pay Not all jobs charged for by managers, so techs lose out on pay/flat hours Managers get upset for taking lunch Health Insurance is way too expensive (family plan is over $100/week) Mandatory uniform cleaning service fee (but somehow they never return your uniforms so you are paying a fee for a service that you are not using)

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Bridgestone Americas Response
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Hello, Thank you for posting a review for Bridgestone Americas. We would like to get some additional information with your concerns that you have expressed in your review. If you would like to share additional information with us, please feel free to email us at, careers@bfusa.com. We appreciate your dedication to Bridgestone, looking forward to hearing from you.

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