Snap-on Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Snap-on has great people that I do enjoy working for. They take care of their people and it is one of the reasons I've stayed with the company. They strive to coninually improve processes an I appreciate the corporate support in continually refining procedures and any issues that may arise.

Cons – Org structure confuses sometimes. Communication doesn't always flow as it should. Some are just better at it than others it seems.

Advice to Senior Management – Ask yourself is this meeting necessary and then ask if everyone absolutely has to be there. Keep asking your employees for ideas and information and continue to value those opinions, they are shooting you straight!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Snap-on

Pros – A lot of help and tools (no pun intended) at your disposal to help grow your business.

Cons – Getting strated and settled is a major undertaking. The company does not not provide important internal or external contacts so it is very much learn as you go.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on

Pros – flexible working hours and pay

Cons – low pay for those unwilling to work more gthen 40 hours

Advice to Senior Management – look into new commers

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Seems to be a true commitment to making Snap-on a good place to work. It seems very genuine.

They treat the contract labor almost as well as the employees. Server went down one day and they had us do cleaning and then sent us home 4 hours early but paid us for 8. I can see doing that for employees, but they did it with the contract workers, too! Amazing. That's putting your money where your mouth is.

Nice, well equipped cafeteria (Ice, condiments, many CLEAN microwaves and refrigerators). They even provide 8 PCs with internet access that you can use on breaks/lunch. I think they even subsidize some of the vending machines-- coffee for 30 cents?

Nice, clean restrooms and locker rooms.

They provide more than adequate provisions for smokers. But the smokers don't appreciate it by using trash cans and receptacles.

On very hot days they will sometimes drop off a huge cooler of Gatorade-- I consider that over and above.

The Crystal Lake facility is well run. Almost everyone is pleasant and helpful. Contract and employees seem dedicated to the company. It feels like you're working for a large, privately owned family company.

The CL warehouse is company owned- not leased, so it will probably be there forever if not expanded. You can see which locations are owned/leased in the Company's annual report.

Cons – Poor communication for new employees. You sometimes find out about work policies and procedures and meetings and overtime requirements from your coworkers.

Performance issues are sometimes addressed vaguely in a group setting. You need to guess if the problem applies to you or not-- I'd rather be confronted directly and specifically-- I am not psychic.

As a contract employee, the pay is low and there are no benefits-- but it's a foot in the door and you knew what the deal was when you signed on here.

 Zero tolerence on Safety Violations-- you don't get a warning-- you get fired.

I was told it could take years to get hired on, if at all.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – As employees we are allowed to challenge the status quo. Snap-on allows us to think for ourselves and to bring new ideas to the table. Management seems to take the time to listen to our concerns.

Cons – The only con to me is the drive.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep listening to the employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Snap-on full-time

Pros – Facility in Kenosha is decent. Area is a good place to raise family.

Cons – Morale extremely low, no work-life balance, employees get to read about overpaid senior executives while watching their co-workers lose their jobs and their homes. Sadly, so many families ripped apart due to work stress and/or lay-off stress. There is no way that the performance of the company can be attributed to the "talent" of one man. Snap-on is the only game in town and the employees give blood just to keep their jobs. The employees are the real reason for the company success, not the greed of the CEO. If you become disabled while employed there, their insurance company will take ALL of your dependent benefits from SSDI to pay themselves back for your benefits: this is in place because senior management decided to take a discount on premiums. Yes, this info is in teeny, teeny print on the benefits statement. What does the CEO care if a disabled employee can't send their children to college? If the company did not take the premium discount, thereby allowing disabled employees to keep their dependent SSDI benefits, the CEO would still find himself highly overpaid. That extra money in his pocket will make little difference in his life, but that employee's ability to send his/her children to college will make a huge difference in their's. So sad that the greed of the CEO has outweighed his concern for his employees, their families and the communities in which they live.

Advice to Senior Management – Want to watch morale and performance go way up? Take reasonable salaries, bonuses and stock comp for yourselves and ensure that more employees get to keep their jobs and their homes. Let them have work life balance so they can be there for their children.

While you may be able to manage by fear and continue to replace burned out employees with anyone who desparately needs a job, what legacy are you really leaving? You are already set for life: give others a chance to have some work/life balance and be their for their children, their parents and their community. Don't you want your life to have meaning other than money?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on

Pros – work culture is open and fair. They are working on advance products and technology. lots of opportunity to have personal growth. Nobody like to stick more than 8 hrs a day

Cons – The professional growth is limited specially if you are looking for the growth in management. They are very conservative in their hiring approach.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Snap-on

Pros – Innovative
Brand Recognititon
Well Established
Great Franchise System
Global Leader
Sriving to improve
Developing new products at front
90 years in Business

Cons – Poor down flow of communication within Regional System.Middle management not always clear or informed by the regional leaders on current issues or facts.

Advice to Senior Management – Snap-on Tools is a very unique, and has been a family oriented business with regards to employees best interest and growth.With the change of time and the new systems and people brought into the Snap-on system without the experience of being in the trenchs first is starting to take affect on the true leadership down falls of a Great Core Company

Former Employee – worked at Snap-on

Pros – Pay is good, benefits are great, training phenominal

Cons – Very cowboyish culture that has not graduated from the good ole boy society.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Snap-on

Pros – Set your own schedule, good base salary, excellent benefits, tremendous financial growth potential.

Cons – Very demanding schedule. A great deal of traveling ( no company car provided). Difficult position to succeed at if you have a family, because it requires about 90% of your waking hours. Ridiculous amount of meetings in multiple locations and at all hours of the day.

Advice to Senior Management – Reduce the amount of meetings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend