Makita reviews

3.1

50% would recommend to a friend

(302 total reviews)

Masahiko Goto

50% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Makita has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 302 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Makita 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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302 reviews
2.0
Mar 26, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nascent transformative endeavor in the works Hybrid work schedule

Cons

Fiefdoms are a problem. Lack of genuine collaboration. Frenemy dynamic Chaotic sink or swim Hypocritical

1.0
Dec 7, 2021

Extremely Toxic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well known power tools mainly

Cons

Makita USA no doubt is the pinnacle of corrupt and toxic corporate environment. The company has one major account, without this account Makita USA will fold. The upper management is totally out of touch, manage by intimidations, cussing and yelling., “ too weak and childish” narrow visions as they make decisions based on gossips, and he said/ she said, way too emotional and irrational. Employees are overworked and the stress is extremely high, therefore the staff turnover is so high, and the company’s door is a revolving door, entry level employees will leave as soon as they get some experience to add to their resumes. When you walk into any office or DC then you can see from employees face expressions how miserable and unhappy they are, the company doesn’t care about employees at all, they think that they are doing employees a favor by giving them work. All general managers are coming from Japan, and Makita Japan changes them every few years, they are very inefficient when it comes to establishing work process and accomplishing tasks as they try to compensate by working six days a week and 18 hours a day.

1.0
Oct 26, 2021

Toxic and overall depressing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None; the company is so inefficiently run, management is so breathtakingly incompetent and the environment is so toxic that it was impossible to find even a sliver of anything joyful day in and day out. It is a Japanese based company that has a reputation for nearly working employees to an early grave with absolutely no benefit to the employee for said work. Pay is pathetic, training is hours worth of stale & outdated videos and the resources and tools to make employees successful are non-existent. If you want to wake up every morning ready to dread every second of your day while you wait for the next unnecessary fire drill or co-worker to throw you under the bus then, this is your place! If you value being valued for being an individual contributor who takes pride in your career then please, run as fast as you can.

Cons

Everything. There is nothing that was enjoyable about this place.

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