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productive, very clean, fun workplace
Material Handler (Former Employee), Virginia Beach, VA – May 6, 2013
Pros: good pay and two paid weeks off plus vacation time earned
Stihl is the cleanest warehouse I have ever seen. As a material handler you transport materials from the warehouse to assembly lines on a forklift or electronic pallet jack, sort and transport stacks of pallets from pallet rooms to the yard. Great work environment with good associates. It has a full cafeteria and dining area where they serve breakfast – more... lunch and dinner. One of the best things is they have two paid shutdown weeks off in December (the week of Christmas) and July (the week of the fourth of July). – less
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State of the art Manufacturing Plant. One of the best in the world!
Process Technician (Polymers) (Former Employee), Virginia Beach, VA – November 7, 2012
Pros: great benefits, bonuses, job security
Cons: attendence policy, management
Worked in Polymers Dept. Great Engineers and Technicians. Excellent training and Technical support system. Management is sometimes overbearing but what manufacturing plant is not. Very lean. Hard work but you can be the lowest man on the totem pole and have a great career here. 401,pension, vacation, bonuses all great. If you have attendence problems, – more... you will not last. Don't lie about your qualifications or experience. They will call you on it and it will backfire on you. – less
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Polymers Machine Operator (Former Employee), VA – May 29, 2012
Pros: amazing work schedule
Cons: mangement has no back bone!
It was a love hate feeling toward STIHL. Amazing Schedule, good pay and benfits. But advancement was shall I say "Sketchly". Within two short months of working in the polymers department, I was offered a technican position. I began training and it ended before it started. A lot of complains came from human resoures office to the head of the department – more... on my behalf. I was immediately was sent to my supervisor office. Apperently my fellow co-workers felt some sort of way towards my speedy advancement in the company. I was not complaints on my ability to operate the forklifts, or the crane, or following procedures to execute my assignment. But, complaints measly on "Why is he training" and "Why was I not offered the position." My training stopped immediately and I returned to my machine operator duties. Later that month I was laid-off for what reasons I was told "production issues". When I ask for specific details, I received no rebutle. – less
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Qwell – January 10, 2013

I agree I have a love/hate as well. I was prior service before I came to Stihl and was use to not staying in the same position for a long period of time, but at Stihl I never was able to advance. I was told by supervisors that they need me at my position while production was high. But, really they just didn't want to take the time to train someone else for this easy position.I applied for many positions I even got my college degree while working at Stihl and still wasn't able to move up. I was informed by HR that I had been accepted to take the test for there apprenticeship program, but I never responded and it was after the deadline. HR informed me that they told my supervisor to tell me this but some how I never got this information. At the end I got an apology,but was still in the same position. pros: plenty of overtime..decent pay..good benefits cons: hounding management..extremely hot in the summers, repetitive work, short lunch breaks, and supervisors can be sneaky and disrespectful, lazy co-workers

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A productive and relaxed atmosphere to work in. Each individual is given the lattitude to work in his/her field with the other co-workers
Customer service, stock rotation, order building (Current Employee), Moncton, NB – October 28, 2012
Pros: occasional extras such as bbq dinners, hockey games, office parties
I have had a very satisfactory stay at Stihl thus far. I have a very good working relationship with my immediate supervisor and my co-workers. Our head office deals directly with the supervisor vis a vis complaints, requests, etc. so that the day to day burden of customer service is lessened on the regular staff as much as possible.
I have very few – more... complaints about the company to be certain. An excellent product, a fair remuneration and pension benefits, and reasonable working hours which leave us our weekends open for our own use. – less
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EMPRESA OTIMA PARA SE TRABALHAR, QUEM BUSCA ESTABILIDADE
MONTADOR CABINEIRO (Current Employee), São Leopoldo, RS – January 26, 2013
Pros: salário e benefícios (ppr)
Cons: oportunidades de crescimento proissional
Meu dia começa as 06:00 na linha de montagem, as 09: temos uma parada de 10 minutos para um café, almoço as 11:15 e retorno 12:15 o turno acaba as 15:48. Nesse tempo aprendi muito a trabalhar em equipe, respeitando e valorizando a empresa e os colegas, minha gerência é ótima, sempre aberto a conversar a tirar dúvidas, meus colegas são na sua maioria – more... meus grandes amigos. A parte mais difícil do trabalho é trabalhar em pé e trabalho repetitivo. A parte mais agradável é a companhia dos colegas – less
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Boa de se trabalhar
Operador Multifuncional (Current Employee), São Leopoldo, RS – November 12, 2012
Pros: refeição, convenio médico
O dia de trabalho começa com avaliação se toda a equipe está em seus postos de trabalho, logo após fazer uma rota para ver a qualidade das peças está no padrão desejado, aprendi a respeitar mais a opinião dos outros, parte mais dificil é manter a motivação das pessoas para alcançar os objetivos.
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Empresa boa para trabalhar.
Operador de Centro de Usinagem (Former Employee), São Leopoldo, RS – August 23, 2012
Não tenho reclamações sobre a empresa em si, só saí de lá por motivos de problemas em exportações para a filial, e como o produto fabricado no meu setor era quase 100% exportado, a mão de obra foi cortada consideravelmente.
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About STIHL

STIHL Inc. manufactures over 260 model variations of handheld outdoor power equipment for sale in the U.S. and around the world. – Read more