Great trading company seeking to reinvent itself - Community Program Development Specialist Koch Employee Review

3.0
Feb 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

"Creative Destruction" philosophy espoused by Charles Koch is a brilliant way to run a company. Risk taking and experimentation encouraged.

Cons

Senior leadership did not always create good conditions for experimenting with new businesses. Responsibility for failure is put on staff rather than leaders: the Charles Koch philosophy was that risk taking should be celebrated and failure is acceptable provided the process was well executed.

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Koch Response
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Thank you for all of your hard work over the past years and for taking the time to leave a review and share your overall experience. Experimentation and the opportunity to innovate and take risk is one of main focuses in our culture and overall business philosophy. You provide a great reminder on what it takes to help support and encourage this environment and I want you to know that I am sharing this with the appropriate leadership team as feedback. I would also encourage you to speak to your local HR representative or manager to discuss these concerns and ways to help support this business philosophy. Thank you again- Molly from Talent Solutions

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

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Cons

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