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Bridgestone Americas

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If you like shuffleboard... - Senior Manager Product Delivery Bridgestone Americas Employee Review

4.0
6 Feb 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Bridgestone is an old school manufacturing organization in the middle of a cautious, long-term modernization program. There are many warm, welcoming, team-oriented elements of Bridgestone culture that I love and appreciate. There are also some excellent product teams and technologists working hard to bring pieces of the Bridgestone Mobility Solutions vision to fruition.

Cons

Warm and welcoming elements do have trade-offs. For instance, there's a large amount of time and effort invested in reorganization. For instance, Bridgestone Mobility Solutions experienced three major reorganizations throughout the past under two years. This isn't inherently a con but your response depends on your adaptability to change. Middle management is a deep and distributed layer in the company as well. Again, this is not strictly speaking a "con" but it is a reality that generates trade-offs like: not being able to move as quickly to create and ship products / features, lots of opinions but few decisions, consensus-driven thinking vs. customer-driven thinking, etc

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Stable work - buses on the road every day, so tire service tends to be more predictable than some other retail work. Mechanical experience - You'll gain experience with heavy-duty vehicles, commercial tires, fleet operations, safety procedures, and potentially CDL-related skills. Physically demanding - Frequent lifting of tires, pushing heavy equipment, bending, kneeling, and working around large vehicles are regular parts of the job.

Cons

Repetitive labor - Much of the work involves mounting, balancing, and repairing large tires repeatedly throughout a shift. Safety risks - Working with heavy commercial tires and transit vehicles requires strict adherence to safety procedures and PPE requirements.

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