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Bridgestone Americas

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Bridgestone Americas reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,909 total reviews)
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Scott Damon

60% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Bridgestone Americas has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,909 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bridgestone Americas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Jul 31, 2014

Horrible Company from the top down

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ability to advance is there.

Cons

Commonly interview for locations close to home and upon background check and hire, the company makes a habit to put you in a different location further and less convenient. Was hired for one position and put into the system as a much lesser position without explanation for two months. This bait and switch tactic happened with numerous other hires. Was not paid accurately for overtime worked. Was not given access to system to verify hours worked for two months. Worked at several locations and at each people were forced to work off of the clock by management due to under-staffing or direct instruction. Hostile work atmosphere and discrimination were allowed for over a decade at one location as were several wrongful terminations that culminated in at least one very successful large lawsuit -- yet manager was kept in place. Favoritism. You will be lied to about spiff, bonus and overtime structure and pay during interview -- in my experience I was being paid 2k less than what I was told to expect per month. H.R. intentionally avoided complaints and didn't resolve matters. Several people made reports and H.R. didn't even speak with these employees before closing the complaint and said employees were wrongfully terminated shortly after. Retaliation both at corporate and store level for reporting any illegal or inappropriate workplace conduct. Extremely litigious environment.

1.0
Jun 24, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I absolutely loved working at Bridgestone. It was, without a doubt, one of the best places I’ve ever worked. The culture, the people, the sense of purpose.... it was truly special. That changed significantly after Scott Damon took over. Since his leadership began, there have been three rounds of layoffs, and there’s a constant sense of instability with no clear end in sight. Morale has taken a hit, and it feels like decisions are being made with profit as the only priority, not people. It's disheartening to see a place I cared deeply about shift so drastically. If you’re considering joining, I would urge caution. The uncertainty around job security is very real right now, and the direction of the company feels unclear

Cons

Leadership under Scott Damon has led to three rounds of layoffs, creating ongoing instability and low morale. The company feels increasingly focused on profits over people, and the culture that once made it special is fading.

3.0
Jan 15, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, great physical work environment, good salaries.

Cons

Terrible leadership and mid level management. Very little room or opportunity to advance if in the lower hierarchy position. Since it is a multi level organizational structure, there is a huge gap between the top of the organization and the lower levels, that lead to disenfranchisement of the employees, disengagement and the silo effect. Decision making and action taking is slow. The verbal committments on creating a great culture, a free to be movement and D&I efforts are just that, verbal. There is no actual action to make the culture better. The top leadership is in their own bubble with no efficent way to connect to an every day worker on any level. D&I and HR departments are a joke and just a facade. There is an apparent huge turn over in the HR department, and since almost self governing, they pretty much do whatever they want, and retain or promote terrible leaders. No true career development and advancement for an average employee. Although, the company leadership is very vocal on presenting the efforts to improve career development of its employees, But again, they are all verbal statements with no actionable steps to make them a reality.

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