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    Crown Equipment Reviews

    Updated June 18, 2018
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    James F. Dicke II
    73 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Crown is a family-owned company that values employees, development, design, and community" (in 8 reviews)

    • "good benefits, very clean work place" (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • "No room for growth or advancement" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Engineering offices are in a small town in Ohio" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "Welder"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Welder/Fabricator in Celina, OH
      Current Employee - Welder/Fabricator in Celina, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Plenty of overtime available and I enjoy the work I do

      Cons

      I can't think of any cons

      Advice to Management

      Can't thinking any advice for management

    2. "Good place to work ... benefits are so so"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time

      Pros

      Decent pay ... always something new ... can u take home

      Cons

      Training once hired is 6 week course one week here one full week in Kansas city then here then there for 6 weeks ... hard to do with family .... health insurance for spouse only allowed if she is unemployed

      Advice to Management

      Tweek benefits and maybe pay more for top of the line guys

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    3. "Great opportunity for advancement"

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      Current Employee - Parts Customer Care
      Current Employee - Parts Customer Care
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great culture of integrity and taking care of customer needs. Moving from one position to another is not difficult. I started as field service technician and moved to parts customer care. Soon I will have the opportunity to move to another position if I so choose. Overall positive atmosphere to work in. The employees at the branch build a strong bond with each other.

      Cons

      Vacation - You don't get any vacation days your first year. After your first anniversary you get 40 hours of vacation...year two you get 80 hours. You stay at 80 hours until year 5. Dealing with stubborn or rude customers happens from time to time.

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing and continue to grow the branch.

    4. "Great for some - not for all"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time

      Pros

      Crown is great if you fit in small-town culture, and you're an execution-oriented person. They do take good care of their people.

      Cons

      It's not an org that's overly willing to accept points of view from those that are not long-timers, or from the area. The culture that made them grow from a small company has made them what they are, but will be an impediment to making it the next step into a technology-centric world. Not a very transparent culture.

      Advice to Management

      Be inclusice. Companies that are inclusive do better. And not just culturally, n=but intellectually. There's a lot to gain from the insights of others' experiences.

    5. "Process Lead"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time

      Pros

      Flexible Schedule
      Great Co-workers
      Clean, safe work environment

      Cons

      Small town with very little to do with free time

      Advice to Management

      Continue putting employees and family first.

    6. "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great Company to work for

      Cons

      Location of the company make it hard to get talent

    7. "Big Company With Family Atmosphere"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great products and services to be proud of
      Very fairly treated

      Cons

      No stock ownership
      Hard to terminate poor employees

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing

    8. "Good Company"

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      Current Employee - Quality Engineer in New Bremen, OH
      Current Employee - Quality Engineer in New Bremen, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Crown Equipment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great culture and training opportunities

      Cons

      Slow to change, remote location

      Advice to Management

      More top-down communication is needed

    9. "Hostile work environment"

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      Former Employee - Account Representative
      Former Employee - Account Representative
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Crown Equipment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Co-workers, customers, field service technicians,

      Cons

      Majority of time spent: reporting and fighting harassment from Management ; keeping track of unpaid commission; trying to keep upset customers (due to Crown disorganization) happy; waiting for promised qualified managers to replace offensive and inexperienced managers.

      Advice to Management

      Words matter little when they are not not followed up with actions. Implement proper sexual harassment training and conduct it through a safe source (not through the Manager who was reported for inappropriate behavior). When you say Crown wants to create a safe and comfortable working environment for women, follow through with action. Take ownership of the bully culture that both men and women have reported and correct it. You’re loosing too many good people because you want to retain Managers who know no other employer except for Crown. In the end, your business suffers.

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Avoid"

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      Former Employee - Account Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Account Representative in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Crown Equipment full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great family company
      Good benefits
      Nice friendly folks
      Established

      Cons

      Disorganized
      Slow to respond
      Turnover
      Tenured employees running things due to time with company rather than job skills.

      Advice to Management

      Take a good hard look at San Francisco branch. Turnover is a problem and should be addressed.

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