Koch reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,832 total reviews)
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Charles G. Koch and Dave Robertson

82% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Koch has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,832 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
Nov 6, 2012

Stay away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fast pace and growing organization.

Cons

It is a high stress, micro-managing environment and management puts unreasonable demands on personal time and quality of life. Will not allow work from home as a corporate wide option, even though they have remote employees. Not a consistent message to employees. Employees view this as a double standard. They say there is a bonus structure, but it is next to impossible to get one. They use it like a carrot to drive you to go above and beyond (“value creation”), but they leave you exhausted and disappointed.

3.0
Oct 31, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment, competitive and challenging in a good way, fair and competitive salaries

Cons

The CEO seeks to indoctrinate his employees and management in his set of conservative, market-centric ideals through required training sessions, classes and workshops. Your escalation into mid- to upper-level management will not come unless you prove that you believe in his ideals and business model. Also, BILLIONS of the income earned at Koch is funneled to Super PACs that support a very specific political agenda.

3.0
Oct 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most co-workers were very smart and respectful people. Wages were very competitive. Culture thought "outside the box", which was a great change from what I was used to.

Cons

Work/LIfe balance was very heavy on the work side. My group was expected to work 10-12 hour days on a regular basis. One of my co-workers was working over 18 hours straight one day. The long hours were due mainly to poor software. My department used in-house IT, which proved to be very unreliable. I recomended contacting in IT support to fix the issues quicker, but the idea was ignored. The long hours were not thought of as being a problem, which was the sign I needed to find something different. If I am going to work 12 hours a day, it will be to make myself rich, not someone else. Koch is a private company, so none of the employees have ownership.

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