Stanley Black & Decker Reviews

Pros

Excellent company with a rich history of 175 years. Stanley Black & Decker is well positioned for growth as they embark on Industry 4.0. The leaders at Stanley are knowledgeable, adaptable, accessible and transparent. The diverse and inclusive culture here is admirable. There's a new communication platform which empowers employees to be engaged in all company updates at Stanley. The culture here is deeply routed team...

Cons

Many locations in central CT, should expand into new states to attract more talent which will also increase brand recognition.

Pros

Lots of Type A former GE and UTC leadership and employees bring in a culture of high expectations and long hours. If you like working with people who deliver with what they promise, this is a good place for you.

Cons

Reorganization due to financial headwinds did not allow employees a chance to relocate or take alternate role within company.

Advice to Management

Retain good employees that help improve your culture and goals. There have been too many good people lost in the 2018-2019 restructure.

Pros

Good people and decent pay

Cons

Long hours and little breaks

Pros

Easy job, convenient location, good hours and lots of overtime

Cons

Insurance is kind of expensive and doesn't cover much

Advice to Management

Pay more attention to machine maintenance

Pros

Got some experience with SAP and Salesforce

Cons

Driving is half the job, in 18 months I traveled over 40,000 miles to different Home Depot’s in the area. You work directly with Home Depot associates who don’t really care for what a vendor (which is what you are) has to say. Very competitive to move forward, especially in a city you would like to live in. You are in a different Home Depot every day, on hands and knees and in overhead grabbing boxes and stocking shelves....

Advice to Management

Operations needs to be more transparent. Too much change in the positions day to day tasks lead to confusion of the overall goal.

Pros

Great product portfolio - very strong engineering teams across the board.

Cons

Big company with the stability of a little company. The good times come and go like the tides. The morale shifts with the prosperity of the company.

Advice to Management

Work to stabilize the impact of fiscal shifts on the employees - It became clear that we were not well suited to handle a single bad quarter financially, resulting in pressure, hiring freezes and layoffs .

Pros

Strong career development and support from upper management

Cons

There are no cons for Stanley Black and Decker

Pros

Industry leader. Exposure to top retailers in world. Lots of intelligent people to learn from.

Cons

You’re just a number not a asset to the company. Consistent layoffs every year. Low employee moral. Most of leadership only concerned with numbers not their teams. Culture suffering as a result. Good employees voluntarily leaving.

Advice to Management

Need to take people skills into account when promoting people to leadership positions.