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James M. Loree
32 Ratings
Pros
Innovation, Flexibility and good work life balance (in 25 reviews)
Stanley Black & Decker has many great people to work for (in 34 reviews)
Cons
The common concern across many parts of the business is work life balance (in 33 reviews)
Lack of personalization in upper management (in 27 reviews)
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"I love my job"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
The people are nice, and it's kept me there over 10yrs.
Cons
Moving up within the company is hard
Advice to Management
When someone applies for a position from outside or within the company read the complete resume, pick the most qualified, and be a little harder on employees and supervisors to do their jobs.
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-08-19 04:13 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Customer Service"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Flexible with time when it comes to personal matters
Cons
Communication is bad from upper management. Employees are held back from growth within the company. Employees are not held responsible when they should be
Advice to Management
Start listening to your employees from the bottom level up. Just because someone is in a lower position does not mean that they do not have valuable input, ideas and solutions
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-08-12 11:20 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Financial Analyst"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
Good direct Management to employees
Cons
Higher ups have little visibility to employees' work below them.
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-08-11 14:19 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Good people, underpaid if you start there"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
Pretty easy going with opportunity to try a lot of things if you get in the company out of school
Cons
People with less experience coming into the company tend to make 10-20% more
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-08-08 15:27 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Cross Business"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great Team effort to gain business with other divisions of the company
Cons
Great company to have a career with
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-08-07 09:56 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Great Experience and people"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
Great people that care about what they do. When folks come to work here they typically stay for the long haul.
Cons
Benefits were not the greatest in the world. Average at best.
Advice to Management
Continue to make folks feel appreciated.
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-07-25 12:20 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Assembly"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Stanley Black & Decker part-time
Pros
Made knives I loved my job and and people!
Cons
Transportation was terrible I was missing a lot of days
Advice to Management
I have my own transportation now I will be there with no problem.
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-07-20 22:17 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Good/bad: depends on the group"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
-Good pay/benefits
-Competitive / high performing employees (for most part)
-Challenging workCons
-Certain groups have good management and others have poor management
-High turnover
-Poor communication from the top-down
-Low staff/resources for expectation level
-Not the best work/life balanceStanley Black & Decker 2017-08-02 14:54 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"Mostly positive"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Stanley Black & Decker full-time
Pros
Generally good engineering environment, strong teams
Cons
The pressures of working for a public consumer products company
Advice to Management
Patience for the innovation process
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-07-17 05:51 PDT![Stanley Black & Decker Logo]()
"The experiences that if you billingual are A+"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Stanley Black & Decker full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Benefits are great but still it's a mix investment management plan accountable core contribution there are no good for Asian people
Cons
My challenge are thee Stanley network when they mix up ,when I pick up 3 I lost 3 when I pick up 5 I lost 5
Advice to Management
I rethink the way of past 10 year and look for future
Stanley Black & Decker 2017-07-11 16:24 PDT
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