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      Koch

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      3.8

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,838 total reviews)
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      Charles G. Koch and Dave Robertson

      79% approve of CEO

      64% positive business outlook

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      Koch has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,838 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Koch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energía, minería e infraestructura pública industry (3.7 stars).

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      2K reviews
      1.0
      Aug 7, 2014

      A unique place...

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      The pay, at least for my position, is definitely fair. Management is taking steps to improve knowledge sharing and encourages ideas from anyone. There are some very intelligent, helpful individuals here who respect others contributions.

      Cons

      High turnover rates. Seems difficult to gain professional development and the culture is a joke. There are also some real jerks. I wouldn't accept this job again.

      3.0
      Jun 16, 2014

      Good company, very compliance oriented, room for improvement

      It manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company with strong mission and values. They live and breath Market-Based Management (MBM), which are the 10 commandments, erh, 10 guiding principles by which the culture is formed and maintained. You must drink the cool-aid, which, at the end of the day, is not bad tasting, if you are very conservative, hard-working, and passionate about oil, chemicals, and toilet paper. Although not perfect, they do attempt to practice what they preach, from the top-down and bottom-up. Management, in most cases, works hard, rewards good behavior, and strives to help those who need to improve. Pay is in range for a large company.

      Cons

      It is not a "fun" environment. Typical huge company, slow moving. They day often feels like drudgery. Compliance, for better or worse, is their top priority -- understandable, but can be taken too far outside the context of their core business (which clearly does have regulatory restrictions.) Teamwork is mediocre (at least in Atlanta), because people aren't in close proximity. The office is downtown and extremely long commutes force folks to get out by 3:45 to beat traffic and enjoy their "real life" at home. Bonus structure is "performance based", but still somewhat subjective. i.e. "spot bonuses". Annual performance reviews are given, but not always salary increases -- not even COL adjustments.

      2.0
      Jul 21, 2013

      Play it by the book

      Safety
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It’s a close nit group of people. Company isn’t afraid to spend money to get the job done.

      Cons

      There is a big disconnect between management and “workers”. There is zero flexibility on company policies no matter if there is a good reason or not. You quickly become a number and they will not hesitate to fire an employees if they don’t it by the book 100% of the time. Perfection is the expectation and anything other than that you will get run over.

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