I have PTSD from my 1 year here - Anonymous employee KKR Employee Review

2.0
Feb 19, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Looks great on your resume...that's about it

Cons

Bizarre, extremely siloed and political culture. Also literally everything is a fire drill - zero work life balance. Was hired into a "staff" role with a nice VP title and seemingly nice people, but never could have known how much of a divide there is between "executives" and how much of a second class citizen you are internally. As an example, we were not invited to any of the optional training or learning sessions, and even sillier things like being the only people on our floor not included in the summer outing or allowed to visit the dining hall (we had a seamless credit instead). I knew within 2 weeks I had made a huge mistake but had to stick it out. Zero opportunity for internal mobility. I still shudder and tense up at my memories of my time wasted here.

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Cons

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