Goodyear Employer Reviews

The company encourages associates to move to different role every 2 or 3 years to learn more about the company.

Goodyear was a very hard working business every day brought new challenges to the table. I learned how to properly perform oil changes,tire repairs and I received my General Service certification also. The management was unfair and disrespectful to the employees throughout the day. The hardest part of the job was upselling products to customers who – more... weren't satisfied with what was found wrong with their vehicle inpection. The most enjoyable part of the job for me was the moment I started the day. I have a passion for cars so my job was always a perfect environment for me. – less

My days varied with the amount of vehicles scheduled and the type of work required which I really like.
I learned team work sure makes the day go quicker.
Management was good to me.
Not having enough work scheduled and that makes the day seem to go longer and slower.
Working with a good crew.

12 hour rotating shifts are difficult. the days off were nice though

i've had a great time working for Goodyear. Alot of the guys I work with and other companies involved have taken me out, bought me lunch, that sort of thing. No one's hassled me or given me a hard time; I've been hooked up alot. The schedules are good for commute, especially since I live in Los Angeles, I experience virtually no traffic to and from – more... work. The benefits and primary pay raises went through quickly, and the other people there have been very acomodating to me (slight injury's, sick days, etc.)

The job itself is you inspect bus tires and deciding what tires to work on when. Uniforms and safety gear is provided free of charge. You even get boot vouchers when you need them. No complaints here. – less

Good company to work for. Plenty of overtime. Learn multiple jobs. The hardest part of the job is working in 120 degree weather. The most enjoyable part of the job is the pay.

I love doing production work. Management not very supportive.

You start your day off looking forward t another day of challenges. As a technician you diagnose what the vehicles faults are and repair them. As a service manager you order parts, communicate with the customer and technicians. To take careof your customers should be your number one goal. The hardest part of the job was waiting on parts to arrive.

My overall experience while working with Goodyear was great. I enjoyed going to work and being able to enjoy the work that I was required to do as well as have time to socialize with my co-workers during my down time. Although the hardest part of working is having to work hard in the heat inside the plant, I still was able to perform my duties in a – more... timely manner. The supervisors are friendly and are always willing to help you in any way to make your job easier for you where you fall short. I learned the real meaning of hard work in a face pace environment. – less

Extremely dirty air, hard to breath black carbon dust and all of the chemicals in the air.

In this location I have two certified techs and 2 general services techs. I will initiate the repair order by greeting the customer and listening to tier concerns. After they have described their situation I will ask a series of open ended questions to gain further intelligence on what the problem really is and what kind of conditions will be more prevalent. – more... I will then relay that information to the technician. Once the tech has finished with the evaluation of the vehicle, I will then formulate the estimate and locate the necessary parts for the proper repair. Once the estimate is completed I will review the findings with the customer and obtain approval to repair the vehicle. We will average approve 25 vehicles a day so that my day is pretty hectic to begin with. Part of my job deals with the unpredictability of vehicles and that all of them will not fail the same way. The same can be said of customers. On a scale of retail associates that customers feel comfortable with my profession is one of the lowest, because I am dealing with the second largest investment that people have and unfortunately car repair is not inexpensive. – less

No where to grow, its like a dead end. Management isn't adhering to a work/life balance. Your treated as a number to complete tasks rather than self improvement and growth.

Goodyear was a very good place to work. The pay was great, work loads were consistent .Everyone had a job that they knew and could perform without much supervison. Which allowed for a more effiecient and quality work atmosphere. Bad days usually occured when inferior material was brought from outside companies.

The job I was doing wasnt hard and i had become recognized for my work enthnic within a couple of weeks. I plan on going back to goodyear within the next year

Help and assist customers with vehicle repairs and maintenance. Schedule appointments and research parts and labor for repairs. Advice customers why these parts are need and how these parts work on the vehicle

I love the job and the people but in my current position there is no place for advancement. Also, the travel(200 days per year) is tough on both mind and body. I've learned a lot about working independently and making tough decisions under duress.

I've work for Goodyear for 15yrs it has it's up and downs but over all a good plae to work I want to advance my career and fill I can't do that here.

. Typical day consisted of :

* almost constant calendar management
* report distribution
* telephone maintenance (incoming calls, referrals, etc)
* travel arranging
* expense report processing
* interaction with company associates at all levels.
* consultantion support to staff regarding Goodyear policies
and procedures

I love the people I work with. Couldn't ask for a better second family. The work is fast paced if everything runs right. Lots of stock and machinery issues and management doesn't seem to know how to control any of it.
General floor managers seem to care and give a lending hand to anyone. It's the upper management. Upper management treats people like – more... they are a number and only care about the number of the tires. Not the people making them or what they have to go through to do it.
Benefits are some of the best I've ever had. Work comp is a joke. If your injured in any way they will push you under the rug until the problem just fixes itself.
Leave time is also a joke. Your given 5 days of leave a year. After 5 years they give you 5 more, but they freeze it to pay you when they want to randomly shut down.
The best part are the people. They are what make the job tolerable to go to everyday.
The worst is the way the company makes you feel.
It's sad. It used to be the best job I've ever had. They used to act like they cared about everyone from the floor workers on up. Now, your just a number that can be replaced and set packing whenever they feel like it.
Not to mention the long term health issues. The air is bad, the components have harmful chemicals that your in constant contact with daily, there's no windows and if there is its covered in yellow nasty build up so bad you can't see out of them and that's just from the stuff floating in the air. The air that's going into your body. – less

I would clock in, go and check my truck to make sure nothing was wrong with it, get on my truck and begin delivering parts to tire builders. I learned how to drive service trucks and document information in computer to find my parts in the storage locations. Management was good. I had fabulous supervisors who were very friendly and nice. I worked with – more... some good and some bad people but got along very with everyone. There was really no hard part to my job because all I had to do was enter the part number in the computer and it showed me the storage location to pick it up and then take it to the designated area and drop off. What I like most about this job was the money and the benefits. It paid really good. – less