Milwaukee Tool reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(1,640 total reviews)
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Steven P. Richman

92% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Milwaukee Tool has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,640 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Milwaukee Tool employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Aug 20, 2015

Territory Rep

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Not many good things to say about this company to be honest.

Cons

After being " encouraged" to inflate the company's glassdoor rating, I havd decided to give an honest account of my experience so far. Dewalt's former sales management was co opted by former Dewalt CEO and now current Milwaukee Tool CEO Joe Galli. It seems any ties with Dewalt gets you promoted around here. There is a philosophy,brought by Joe Galli, to recruit young, good looking college kids straight out of school. If you happen to have been a college wrestler, then you are likely to get preferencial treatment as Joe Galli is a former wrestler. Anyway, pay is inadaquate and work load is exhausting. This company resembles a cult like experience. You have to look the part at all times. Gain 10 lbs too much and your job is on the line. Let your hair grow a little and your manager will take notice. These superficial trait seem to matter more than being good at what you do. Unless you are into self torture, I highly recommend looking elsewhere as I am doing now. Heed my advice. Everything I stated is fact as I know them to be.

1.0
Aug 15, 2015

Great until the end

Recommend
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Pros

Company car, company expense account, sales team outings to games and other events, gas is paid for, ez-pass paid for, can use the car for unlimited personal use

Cons

They will try what ever they can not to give you your end of the year bonus. In three years, I over performed on my over drive number, and not only was I not awarded anymore than people who had not, they did not pay me my full commission because of upload issues with our CRM system. You will be required to track down 80% of your clients receipts, scan them, and upload them to the CRM system. If anything goes wrong, or if your clients refuse to give you your receipts, they simply will not pay you your commission. There is no cost of living adjustment. I was forced to live in shabby run down apartments while generating three times the amount of revenue than those in the middle of the country, but they are paid the same, and are not shy about rubbing it in how they can afford a four bedroom house, a car, a boat, all on the same salary, with a mortgage less than what you pay for rent in a big city. If you complain, Milwaukee will first act as if you are ungrateful, than simply tell you "we don't provide a cost of living adjustment". You will have 8 or 9 different people telling you what to do, on top of your normal day to day requirements, and if you do not deliver on everyone's requests, you will be fired. This is a churn and burn environment. They will take you in after college, teach you, build you up, pay you nothing, then when you get to the point where you deserve more money, they will simply force you out of the company with embarrassingly low salary offers, or simply come up with a reason to fire you, and hand your clients over to a younger rep whose too naive to know to ask to for the money they're worth.

5.0
Jul 29, 2015

Rapid Growth & Professional Opportunity

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The growth of the company has been because of the great people that have developed hundreds of cool power tools, accessories, and hand tools. The sales growth has lead to a ton of promotions and even new positions to be created. I also like the lack of bureaucracy that lets me get my job done efficiently.

Cons

We need to fill open positions quickly.

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