"Standard Motor Products - best freelance job ever"
What do you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"I was given a wide range of creative challenges. As my tenure continued at the company, my responsibilities expanded giving me the ability to grow my skills and experience. My coworkers and supervisors were a pleasure to work with and made the office environment a relaxed and enjoyable place to work."
What don't you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"They downsized the design department, ending my freelance job, but also gutting the rest of the department, including my supervisor. Since then, the company has been in a state of flux, and the remaining employees are in constant fear for their jobs."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"They need to stabilize the company and return a sense of status quo for the employees."
"SMP is a good place of employment"
What do you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"The production equipment was simple to maintain and they are very family oriented"
What don't you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"Repairs were sometimes done with used parts, but this was mostly due to cut costs during low economic times"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Promote from within, they have very talented employees that can fill some of there open positions."
What do you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"Engineers and Management were great to work with. Work environment was fast paced but under control. Flexible work hours."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be truthful."
What don't you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"The cafeteria could have been better."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Do not look @ China as the end-all!!!!!!!"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"no idea how long products take to develop. Cannot retain quality people. They keep poor engineers and release good ones."
"Great job but far location."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"research the company, and the automotive aftermarket, and be preparede"
What don't you like about working at Standard Motor Products?
"they expanded too much in the late '80s, if they had not done so, then downsizings would have ben avoided"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"research business growth thoroughly, and expand when you know it is the right time"
"Standard Motor Products in Independence, KS employees about 250 people. They are trying to outsource as much as possible to China. They have a serious lack of leadership currently - from top to bottom. Very unprofessional atmosphere."
"I have worked for Standard Motor Products 10 years and my experience has been positive through this entire time."
"Good company, with good training & career opportunities."
"It was a great learning experience although it is was my first job in state. I really enjoyed working there."
Standard Motor Products has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 7 Standard Motor Products Review Ratings left anonymously by Standard Motor Products employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 86% of employees would recommend working at Standard Motor Products.
Standard Motor Products employees earn $54,500 annually on average, or $26 per hour, which is 17% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 4 Standard Motor Products employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Standard Motor Products Salaries by Job Title.
86% of employees would recommend working at Standard Motor Products with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated Standard Motor Products 3.5 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.3 for Rewards You Receive, 2.9 for Growth Opportunities and 3.4 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Standard Motor Products is a Product Manager at $131,000 annually. Browse Standard Motor Products Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Standard Motor Products is a Contractor at $24,000 annually. Browse Standard Motor Products Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Standard Motor Products to be Company Culture, People You Work With, Person You Work For and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Growth Opportunities.
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