Koch reviews

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

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
Sep 25, 2014

Watch your back

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Pros

Pay was good.

Cons

Very political environment. You always need to watch your back. Doing a good job is not enough at Koch, you have to smooze with the right people and watch out for toxic people.

1.0
Aug 7, 2014

The absolute worst working experience of my life!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no pros working for this company.

Cons

The company inundates employees with compliance training and MBM training (culture). Basically, if you do not comply with the brainwashing to think and act exactly as they want you to, then you're not a fit for their culture. People with ideas, a backbone, intelligence, and common sense will not fit in with the culture. Thinking differently is not allowed. If you disagree with anyone or stand up for yourself, you're let go. The company pushes their political agenda on employees and want employees to donate a portion of their salary for political campaign contributions. Health benefits offered are horrible. The employee pays for the majority of the premium and the company does not pay any towards life insurance, AD&D, or disability. The company only offers a small 401(k) match after being there for a year. There are no incentives or perks like relaxed dress on Fridays - jeans are strictly prohibited. They do not offer telecommuting - you cannot work from home. The company is not fun and does very little in motivating its employees. KBS doesn't care if employees are happy - they are only focused on working and compliance. The turnover rate is really high - the company should be embarrassed.

3.0
Jul 14, 2011

It works if you drink the cool-aid

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good training; Cheap city (Wichita); Fun projects; Not a lot of travel; Easy commute; Great cafeteria; interesting work philosophy.

Cons

Long hours; Salary tends to lag behind market; high turnover (2 year average); run like a fraternity (if you don't get in the right crowd, you'll never get ahead) very political; Upper management is not very kind to subordinates

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