Goodyear Reviews

Pros

There's a lot of room for growth

Cons

Boring Atmosphere, dingy offices, sad

Pros

World leading company in tire industry, heritage, worldwide organization, innovative solutions,

Cons

Conservative approach, unfair compansation (some circustances)

Advice to Senior Management

Open communication and fair compensation

Pros

Freedom
Reasonable Pay
Good People to Work With

Cons

Not much room for advancement

Pros

High-tech complicated work. Even though tires appear simple, they are probably the most complicated common engineering problem I can think of. Rubber doesn't behave nicely like steel, aluminum, or even plastic. The majority of the people here are top of their class from very prestigious schools. For fresh engineers, they will not consider anyone under a 3.5 GPA, even though they adverise for applicants down to 3.0, and you better have Formula SAE experience along with a co-op in rubber, composites, or tires.

Cons

Office is closed between Christmas and New Years, but they are not paid holidays. On top of that they force you to utilize vacation time, meaning you can not take those days unpaid.

If I had known 3 out of my 10 vacation days were dictated, I would have negotiated my compensation differently. I consider it a loss of 30% of my vacation. Very annoyed.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow us to take the three days between Christmas and New Years Unpaid, or as a paid holiday. Don't steal our vacation days. I would even be willing to buy back 3 vacation days to recoup my vacation time. 7 paid vacation days a year is not competetive

Pros

Decent pay for call center work and the benefits were good.

Cons

There is zero value placed on you as an hourly employee. If you were over 25 and a male, be prepared to work 2nd and 3rd shifts, and if you wanted advancement you might get to be a supervisor on third shift.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't promote people based on seniority and then say seniority has no bearing on the shift you have to work. Also, nepotism, in this case hiring and promoting the children of Wingfoot Commercial Tire Home Office employees. Seriously bad for morale.

Pros

health benefits are reasonably cheap, each day is different, relatively flexible schedule, can save a lot of money on car repairs

Cons

management is expected to be at the store evey hour you're open, severe micromanagement, mystery "corporate expences" charged to the store reducing the stores profit and therefore the stores managers bonus

Advice to Senior Management

socialist style rent where every store pays the same per bay has got to go. current bonus sytem needs an overhaul

Pros

Job security and benefits are the only pros!

Cons

horrific hours, poor management, lack of communication, attitude of coworkers, old habits, unprofessional, closed 3 days a year, promotes underachievement!!!!!!!!

Advice to Senior Management

Goodyear needs to listen to it's employees and look at the talent they have "in house" there are fresh ideas and young minds leaving the company because of current management.

Pros

Good salary & benefits compared to other companies. People are generally friendly. The Akron area is a good place to raise a family.

Cons

The company is relatively flat so there's not a lot of opportunity for advancement. Workload is very heavy & work/life balance can be difficult. Have had lots of turnover in brand marketing over the past few years that is finally stabilizing.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a good hard look at the workload of your employees and add lower level help where it's needed.

Pros

Good products. Flat rate is ok.

Cons

I seldom get paid warranty work. Lots of red tape for employees. A half hour of work before you can even start on the car. Too much info to fill out on inspection forms.

Advice to Senior Management

Loose the chains. There's too much of a process involved before you can actually work on a car.

Pros

Excellent salary and benefits for workers lacking education.
Potential to advance to salary positions if you have the required qualifications.

Cons

Poor work and personal life balance. Workers are expected to have a one percent or less yearly absence rate, which averages out to three days a year. There are no exceptions to the policy(except for deaths in the family, military, jury duty, etc.)
Salaried employees work mandatory overtime and often work many 12 hour shifts with no time off.
The technology within the plant is outdated, especially concerning inventory and production.
Senior management do not listen to employees' suggestions for improving operations.

Advice to Senior Management

Do away with the 'buddy-buddy' system and hire according to qualifications.
Listen to your employees.
Happy employees offer better performance.