KKR reviews

3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(66 total reviews)
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Henry R. Kravis

91% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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2.0
Aug 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Firm was competitive and constantly sought innovation, with a focus on time to delivery Yes, the hours are rough, but the friendships you make with the business is worth it I've collected long term connections with the work we did in technology

Cons

-Work life balance, but let's be real - this is always a problem in NYC finance - CTO and his cohorts are masters of word salads that throw out fun buzz words, and then don't actually do anything to action on it. - You'll hear the words AI, Palantir, and Datalake till your ears bleed about how incredible it is, until you look at what they've actually built with it, and it's a half baked product. Whenever you hear someone mention one of those words, ask them, what's actual usage on them, and you'll get an understanding of what the business actually feels about it and how disconnected tech leadership is. - Once saw one of his cohorts skip a meeting with business leaders asking for the technology teams help so she could watch the Vogue runway. But no one can speak to this inner circle, they are the untouchables.

2.0
Jul 10, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

We were given a stock option when they bought our company

Cons

Since KKR bought GA, we have seen our bonuses slashed. Which is an issue because most of us count as part of our pay, which is low. We have also been given triple the work, which they are calling learning opportunities with no additional pay. Employees who worked extended hours used to be paid a pay differential KKR got rid of that. They also are cutting our work from home days. Operations did great with their metrics. The reward for that was for them to become harder. Accommodations that were given to employees for medical/disability are under review. At least once a month someone from KKR comes to our office and just walks around glaring at people. He doesn’t make eye contact, and if you say hi to him, he’ll just look the other way. Don’t let your gaze tarnish his expensive suit. You are constantly told how crappy you are even if you hit your metrics you simply need to move faster. If you bring this up to management, they tell you that none of these issues are real and it is your perspective. In order to hit the metrics coworkers must cut corners, this affects our customer service and it makes it so our finance professionals have to call back three and four times to get anything done. The people who take the time to do the work and take care of the customers issues get reprimanded because their calls are too long. The reward for doing well on your metrics is that they give you more work , and you get an email saying that you did good on your metrics. It is an incredibly toxic workplace, the stress of having to stay there to pay your bills makes many of the employees sick, and they are quite often a few out on leave of absence due to mental health. Corporate doesn’t care eventually they will quit and they will just hire new ones.

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