Stanley Black & Decker Reviews

Pros

Room for advancement, global opportunities, integrity, strong leadership, competitive pay and benefits.

Cons

As with all large organizations, everything moves very slowly.

Pros

The company is well managed, has an admirable social and environmental stance, promotes well and is enthusiastic about new ideas.

Cons

Manufacturing is a volatile market and the management is not shy about trimming the workforce or the budget when things get tight.

Pros

An opportunity to learn best practices from a high-performing organization. You will be challenged to constantly learn, grow and adapt, but this process of continual self-improvement will prepare you to tackle many difficult situations you will face later in your career.

Cons

Work life balance ebbs and flows, and you can count on there being times where you will need to work 60+ hour weeks in order to get the job done. The company is very competitive, which can make advancement difficult for individuals who tend to shy away from the spotlight. Senior leadership tends to resort to cost-cutting (layoffs, variable compensation, benefits, etc.) at the first sign of economic headwinds. This has had an impact on morale over the last several years.

Pros

-Great leaders that care about their employees. -Supporting a fully remote / flex work environment -Growth potential

Cons

-complex systems / processes so sometimes hard to navigate

Pros

- Starting this program in the middle of the COVID Pandemic offered many challenges, but leadership worked very hard to communicate to us about the current climate. - Opportunities for networking and meeting others in the program - A lot of agency and freedom to run your territories right from the start.

Cons

- It can be very overwhelming when starting in this program, especially because they send you into the stores without any product knowledge. - The program stresses on-the-job training, would have benefited from more formal training opportunities at the beginning of my tenure vs. towards the middle of my first year. - I wish I would have had more warning about the harassment that goes on in Home Depot before taking this job. The company is very progressive itself, however working in Home Depot, you are more subjected to harassment from customers and associates as a female in a male-dominated field.