Yamaha Motor reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(592 total reviews)

Michael Chrzanowski

67% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Yamaha Motor has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 592 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Yamaha Motor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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592 reviews
1.0
Jan 29, 2019

Welcome to Circus

Recommend
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Pros

Management office is an obsolete antique junkyard, where they are good at how to start non-value-added projects for their bonus. There is a great growth in Yamaha if you become close friend of higher managers. Meetings are most fun, where management very seriously focused on mind boggling nonsense and unproductive discussions to pick worst possible solution to implement. You will better off going as contractors, many contractors been working there for more than 15 or 20 years, secret to stay long, make your manager happy even illegal as long as your manager is happy.

Cons

Do not show you are smarter then manager they will become insecure.

2.0
Jun 30, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Travel opportunities were always present and provided some great experiences on the water.

Cons

This is a conservative (non-political) company set on archaic and antiquated culture. If you left the office at 4:59, it was seen as inappropriate. If you walked in at 8:35, you received verbal warnings. Management would walk in and out of “open door” offices talking about the days news, but too much conversation between lower level associates is seen as being lazy and distracted from work. My team structure was beyond confusing. I reported to a manager for communications who I received few assignments from and had little to no contact at times. I also reported to a senior manager for government relations. This senior manager was condescending not only to me, but other subordinates in the workplace. At one point I received an email from him directing me to a dictionary because I used a word in an incorrect context. The workflow and tasks from both managers was inconsistent. At times I felt like I had little or nothing to do. And if management saw this, instead of a sit down conversation, I was blasted for being lazy.

1.0
Jul 5, 2017

Good Company With One Huge Issue

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

If you enjoy Motorsports, this company is for you. A lot of available positions for internal employees if you don't like what you're currently doing.

Cons

The vacation policy is so bad that even if you love your job, you'll end up hating it because you don't have time away. On top of this, it's about as corporate of a feel as you can get and the pay isn't great.

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