Makita reviews

They are literally going to work us till we drop. We can’t keep up! Every other day something new and Covid didn’t help because now we have 12 virtual meetings a week. We should hire journalist for all of the reporting we have to do. When are we supposed to sell something. Managers throwing people under the bus. Managers taking credit when they never stepped one foot on the job site or even talked to the customer.

The problem with Makita is middle/upper management doesn't give a hoot what the average employee has to say. Input is regarded as complaining and treated as such. If you don't belong to the "boys" or "girls" club, you are just another number and are replaceable. They manage with the "lead by intimidation style" as others have mentioned. "You don't like it, we will find someone else - mentality". Its really pretty sad, this company could be so much more, and I don't feel it is the Japanese culture that is the problem here, but rather a few upper management snobs that think their proverbial you know what doesn't stink! And from a distributors point of view, extremely hard to work with. The marketing team works against the sales team. The customer service team thinks they are more important than the sales team, feel they have authority over such. The whole company needs some new leadership from the top down to structure it for success. Like I said before....it could be so much more!