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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2.0
Mar 5, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some sites still have good talented individuals left; but they are dwindling

Cons

Supervisors in general that are put in the position are incompetent. There are some good ones, but most are out of touch completely from a technical standpoint as well as what their team is all about and the work they do. Practice Rank and Yank - terrible for moral and all employees know that this is going on ; simply because some supervisors do not do a good job of keeping confidential things very quiet Send political based emails and literature through mail to your home. Most find this completely disrespectful and also creates a hostile environment. Employees would be fired if they did this, so why does management or CEO think its OK? MBM guiding principles we need to follow: Others refer to the 10 commandments. Management does not walk the talk. Its a one way street Very behind in technology. This company was formed from employees of other Koch based companies. We went from high technology to the stone age. We offer up solutions and we are told to stop talking for the most part Once the job market picks up for all areas of the country the good people will ge gone and this company will be in severe jeopardy We often wonder if Charles really knows what is going on here....

3.0
Feb 23, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll work with very intelligent people and you'll get very real overall expectations from a high level about how they expect each market segment to perform. Depending on the role you will get many perks - golf, lunches, various outings to "network".

Cons

Very little transparency about performance expectations. You'll be expected to just want to take over projects without being told about what they are or how to do it and then criticized for not having done so. People just disappear on the floor without really knowing if they quit or were fired. Its a very cut throat atmosphere. It was discussed one day out of 39 positions in the past year only 8 people remained 5 years later in that group. It is not stated but highly implied that employees should not take lunches and should work 10 hour days and often on weekends if needed. It is not uncommon for there to be 10-15 people still working on the floor at 7pm.

3.0
Feb 16, 2011

Satisfied

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Mainly for Job opportunity near home

Cons

May sacrifice personal for work

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