Is KBR a good company to work for?

KBR has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 3,743 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at KBR to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about KBR have been left by employees working as Program Manager , Project Manager and Technical Advisor .

Does KBR pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KBR employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KBR. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KBR?

80% of KBR employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KBR 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KBR?

Engineer (78) , Project Manager (69) , Systems Engineer (49) , Technical Professional (37) , Process Engineer (33) , Software Engineer (32) , Logistics Coordinator (27) , Technical Advisor (26) , Associate Technical Professional (25) , Manager (25) , Project Engineer (22) , Accountant (19) , Administrative Assistant (19) , Mechanical Engineer (18) , Operations Coordinator (18)

What are the pros of working at KBR according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and very professional" ((in 240 reviews)); "good pay and the technical folks are good" ((in 235 reviews)); "The people are great and willing to hear your ideas and try new ways of doing things." ((in 204 reviews)); "Good working hours and work/life balance" ((in 129 reviews)); "hybrid work environment along with good salary" ((in 105 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KBR according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor and the follow up with HR is poor." ((in 126 reviews)); "Bureaucratic upper management and totally disconnected with what they aspire for the company." ((in 39 reviews)); "Long hours and lack of resources" ((in 37 reviews)); "No leadership at the management level." ((in 36 reviews)); "department managers do not allow engineers to move to proect even if they are interested." ((in 33 reviews))

What are employees saying about KBR layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about KBR layoffs and their outlook for job security at KBR in 2026.

What KBR locations have received the highest employee ratings?

San Antonio , San Diego , Corpus Christi , Oklahoma City , North Charleston , Virginia Beach , Los Angeles , Baltimore , Dayton , Warner Robins

KBR reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,180 total reviews)

Stuart J. B. Bradie

87% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

KBR has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KBR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aerospace & Defense industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews

3.0

Apr 11, 2017

Experience will depend entirely on your supervisor

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Competitive initial offer/salary, decent benefits (401k up to 6.5% match when I worked there; a few different health insurance plans with varying deductibles - all PPO when I worked there; 7 or so paid holidays; PTO (sick and vacation combined) starts at 0 and accrues certain # of hours/week depending on tenure)

Cons

Your experience will depend entirely on your immediate manager. There is little "culture" to speak of at KBR, and little positive or productive communication/interaction between departments in my experience. Always seems like there are nearly as many Chiefs as there are Indians, and very few of the Chiefs are qualified for their positions or particularly adept at managing people.

2.0

Dec 2, 2016

KBR is not what it used to be

It security administrator ii

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CEO approval

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Pros

Most of the people I worked with were wonderful, hard working, and pleasant. This includes many co-workers in other global locations. IT management was competent and usually thoughtful, but known to be passive-aggressive. Compensation was fairly competitive, but not generous by any means. Benefits were average, yet provided plenty of choices if you could afford it.

Cons

When the new CEO took over and froze all merit raises for 2 years while eliminating 66% of the business units, we all knew it was going to be a difficult ride. Note: Mr. Brady received $5 million in bonuses and stocks above his $1.1 million 2015 base salary. As one of the people that terminated employee accounts, I saw the rounds of layoffs that followed. As the layoffs slowed, we discovered that more jobs would be lost, but this time to outsourcing to Chennai, India. One of those was mine, yet I was always in the top third in group productivity. Training is completely nonexistent outside of CPR and fire warden classes. Job security in every department is now a thing of the past. I understand that PTO levels have been recently slashed.

2.0

Jul 24, 2016

Tough times dwindling backlog

Senior manager

Recommend

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Pros

Good and skilled workforce, dedicated longtime staff who take pride in their work. Worked there for more than 30 years and enjoyed it. Cutting benefits temporarily due to tough times is understandable and accepted to keep good staff.

Cons

Senior management team with "non KBR" culture took over and are destroying and ruining the company by bringing in their cronies and changing unique benefits KBR gave its 35 + year employees. Morale is not good.

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