Bridgestone Reviews

Pros

Solid rubber material company, largest in the world

Cons

No good management, global view is weak

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Bridgestone has flexibility, work environment, comradery among employees, strong branding, great resources and world class execution with certain product lines.

Cons

Bridgestone is too slow to react to the ever changing market which allows the competition to gain ground and market share. Sometimes a company as big as Bridgestone loses sight of the goal being as large as they are.

Advice to Senior Management

Trust the voice of your account representatives with their ears to the ground. Their experience with the market in my opinion is more valuable than any pie chart or graph.

Pros

Good benefits, established processes that seem to make sense.

Cons

Inconsistencies in mid-management across channels.

Advice to Senior Management

Treal your employees as well as you treat your customers, keep in mind that the employees are the interface on a daily basis. Listen and show respect.

Pros

flexible to move around jobs

Cons

pay range is sometime low

Pros

Well known company
Respect and team work
Multicultural

Cons

Hierarchy, top decision made in Japan
Not consumer, marketing oriented
The engineering, manufacturing mindset continues
Promotions depend on seniority
HR managements

Advice to Senior Management

fresh thinking, less cautious approach, promote change

Pros

Exposure to many different technologies and areas of a business
Good work-life balance for most positions
Mature industry offers some stability

Cons

Some contractors in key positions
Single points of failure exist in several areas
Many legacy employees that should be removed

Advice to Senior Management

Do a better job identifying personnel who are out of their comfort zone and work level
Promote from within more quickly
Pay close attention to putting contractors in key roles

Pros

Good bonus program for employees

Cons

Doesnt pay market rate salary

Pros

benifits that is all in one word

Cons

bad pay no raises no time off 60 hour work weeks poor upper mangment all around a very bad place to work not an ounce of respect crappy equipment the list goes on and on and on

Advice to Senior Management

every one in upper managment spend a few weeks in a ice cold shop with broken equipment for a crappy wage work 8 or 10 sundays in a row get off your blackberry and out of lazy boy and do a real job for a while

Pros

Job security is only second to public service. Slow but linear growth. Strong business ethics. Industry leader. Fair treatment of employees. Good team work.

Cons

Not-motivating working style. Too much hierarchy. Difficulty in working with the Japanese. Too much attention to detail- not enough focus on the big picture. Impossible to express opinion against senior management (no freedom of speech). Below the average compensation scheme.

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage your employees to express their opinion. It is better than having an army of frustrated people gossiping during coffee breaks. Try to make the jobs more motivating, in particular for junior staff.

Pros

Location and the retirement plan was ok.

Cons

Typical Functional Management and knowledge has less rating over to several other personal factors.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the way business is done now a days.