KI reviews

3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(181 total reviews)
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Brian Krenke

54% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

KI has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 181 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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181 reviews
2.0
Sep 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Long lunches, company gym, free coffee?

Cons

Training is inadequate. lots of inequality in the sales territory. Definition of an old boys club.

2.0
Nov 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays the bills, for the most part. Some people are nice, those who crossed the picket line to get where they are not so much.

Cons

Poor pay. Ultra conservative (economic) politics get forced down your throat. Terrible raises...You will be poorer each year that you work there due to raises that are below the rate of inflation. Additionally, manufacturing positions need to complete PFAK (pay for applied(?) knowledge) in order to get decent reviews. One cannot simply be good at their job or knowledgeable or helpful, one must be subjectively graded with no backing to the grades. Good luck moving up unless you are related to someone in the office or has had liaisons with Dick Resch. Management is largely unqualified to be in the positions that they are in (see above).

4.0
Jun 11, 2009

My kingdom for a paradigm

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The management at KI generally sets quantifiable goals, encourages certain management mythologies and then gets out of the way, measuring only results, not compliance.

Cons

Sometimes KI gets too wrapped up in searching for the perfect management paradigm leaving its middle management to flounder in a sea of endless philosophy with little practical direction.

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