Yamaha Motor U.S.A. Reviews

Pros

Overall, the people are nice and have team spirit. Many knowledgeable people are accessible throughout the company.

Cons

Certain members of executive management have various idiosyncratic actions and thought processes. If you can avoid those individuals, you will be able to enjoy a fulfilling career at Yamaha.

Advice to Senior Management

Managing with respect will yield far better results than ruling by fear.

Pros

- Excellent Benefit Package
- Multi Billion International Company
- Great Products
- People are nice
- They are trying
- In business for over 50 years

Cons

- Enthusiasts in Mangement positions allocate resources on pet or fun projects with out focusing on profit
- Some members of management are learning how to be leaders, on the job training
- Japanese Company with executives rotated every 3 to 5 years so direction and focus changes with every leadership tranistion

Advice to Senior Management

Please spend the time to Plan, develop the tactics and measure your. Also, take a good look at your management. Note the difference between management and leaders.

Pros

The coworkers are very friendly, and there is not much in the way of office politics going on.

Cons

Little opportunity for advancement. They do not have positions that 'train' you for advancing to a higher position. They do not have flex time. If you are sick they require you to take your vacation time first before sick leave. And then they have instituted, in some areas, a 5s program which requires you to not have anything on your desk except a keyboard, mouse, and computer screen.

Advice to Senior Management

Have positions that train you for advancement.

Pros

Relax environment with good people and very nice benefit package. Also great work life balance and flexible schedule and competitive salary if you are in IT.

Cons

No career advancement. Very poor management as top management is ususally folks who have been there a long time without much experience or expetise of what they are managing

Advice to Senior Management

Poor management because the same manager gets moved around to manage diffrerent areas of the business and he / she not learning much

Pros

The product is the best reason to work at Yamaha.

Cons

Management does not always make the best decisions for the company's long term success.

Advice to Senior Management

Become more competitive in the marketplace.

Pros

Nice people make it worth working there.

Cons

IT systems were behind the times and management was slow to implement efficiencies to streamline how we conducted our work.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in IT infrastructure.

Pros

Brand awareness. Quality product. Mostly enthusiastic employees that really use the product. Advanced product design. Emphasis on customer satisfaction.

Cons

Very conservative company that is afraid to take some risks. Top heavy on management like most big companies. Some micro-management depending on division. Global company that doesn't operate that way - no coordination or consistency amongst different countries.

Advice to Senior Management

Strive to make company truly globaly by integrating systems, warranties, and communication between different countries and subsidiaries.
Difficult in this economy but need to be more aggressive with marketing to non-core buyers. Branch out to different socio-economic groups.

Pros

Brand recognition & quality in product.

Cons

Lack of flexible work hours.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't be afraid to communicate bad news!