Crown Equipment reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(945 total reviews)

James F. Dicke II

89% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Crown Equipment has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 945 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Crown Equipment employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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945 reviews
1.0
Dec 26, 2015

Double-Edged Sword

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Crown is in a good market with enough inertia to sustain itself with moderate growth potential. Growth potential could be more significant with key changes in management team.

Cons

Owner and family disconnected from true company situation as it relates to morale, technical direction, and project management and implementation. Some facilities are in dire straights quality and product wise but this is buried in how things report up. Jim III is a good man best i can tell but the company is so big he has to trust others to steer the company. Some of those people he trusts have real ethical problems and have very unethical directors and managers. It's 50-50 chance if you get a good or bad manager or director to work for. At Crown it is as much about WHO you know as it is WHAT you know. Poor quality issues plague certain products and that is embarrassing.

4.0
Dec 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company has a culture of integrity and, for the most part, cares for it's employees. Like many places, there are some really good and some really poor managers. Very good work/life balance. No micro-managing. Lots of training. Easy to get time off.

Cons

Many, many employees have been there for 10+ years. The problem is that they can't see any other way to do things. Most employees have never been exposed to new ideas and so have tunnel vision. Pay is low. Career advancement is available only if you are willing to relocate and even then, most jobs are already privately reserved for cronies. Lots of politics and favoritism when the rare opportunity for advancement comes up.

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