Snap-on reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(686 total reviews)
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Nick Pinchuk

80% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Snap-on has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 686 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Snap-on 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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686 reviews
1.0
Jul 31, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People I worked with were nice.

Cons

Working in the Customer Care center you are required to meet certain requirements that are not logical. Say for example if you are on a call that starts before your scheduled break but runs into that break...well you are out of compliance and it will have a negative impact on you but you MUST stay on the call until finished. So you are penalized for doing your job with no choice in the matter. They recently changed their system so that every customer care agent is required to take care of any call they get to eliminate transfers. This is a huge problem since their computer systems are horrible and difficult to use. to get the information needed quickly. 99% of the new hires were gone before 90 days when I worked there. The stress and amount of work required is not worth the 15 dollars an hour. You also have to get to work early to get your computer programs all set up and running so you are ready to take a call seconds after your shift starts.MANY people start work duties before their shift just to get caught up. MANY people also do some work during breaks and lunch for the same reasons. This is actually against the law but they continue to do this to keep up with the job. Bottom line is I would never advise anyone to work in the call center or really anywhere at Snap- on due to the way they operate. Much better options.

2.0
Jul 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent base salary with commission based on sales. No risk (don't have to purchase truck or tools). Training was excellent. The tool pricing for employees is 50% off. Tools really are the best on the market. Reasonable benefits. Paid holidays and time off. You receive a company phone and all supplies that you will need. Corporate expense card for any reasonable needs for the business (will require receipts uploaded via phone app or website).

Cons

THE HOURS. You are expected to work 12-14 hours per day, 5 days per week. This is unreasonable. At first when I started doing research on the position, I thought "well maybe these guys are exaggerating." Definitely not. Also you will receive approx 10 different logins for use with different accounts ( ie. email, ups, computer, benefits, deposits, just to name a few). Know your route. You might get placed in area where Snap-on has not been for some time and the customers are reluctant to purchase at first and will have many broken tools. Also you are required to collect previous drivers account debt (some being very high amounts where customer cannot afford to purchase more tools). The amount of paperwork you will do a week is very high. You are expected to print and save numerous reports that document every transaction that is completed. This is probably normal for any manager position, but still seems outdated and inefficient, especially with current cloud services available online.

3.0
Jul 15, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are good and will help you out and grow with in. The company

Cons

The management is narrow minded and short sighted they claim to be a software company but lack real software development practices on top of that in California they do not pay well at all

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