And I thought public accounting was bad...... - Anonymous employee Kubota Tractor Employee Review

1.0
Jul 31, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you like strict Japanese culture with a flare of southern California pretentiousness, then this is your company.

Cons

Management strung me along to fill a need in their accounting department and then cut me loose 4 days before Christmas and less than a week before I hit my 90 days to receive my sign-on bonuses. HORRIBLE COMPANY! I received no feedback or warnings. One Friday my paycheck just didn't get paid, went and told HR, they said they'd look into it, 3 hours later I was called into HR's office and terminated. No explanations, just given a final paper check and told to leave.

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Cons

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