Kennametal reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(719 total reviews)
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Sanjay Chowbey

43% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Kennametal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 719 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kennametal 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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719 reviews
2.0
Jun 23, 2008

Mr and Miss-managment

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Pros

The pay is adiquate and the benifits are up there, all due to a union the fights hard for these benifits not because the company wants to pay for them.

Cons

Working for a plant manager who is more interested in corprate image and not real operation of the one plant. His corprate image style forces policies on us that don't fit our manufacturing. he is trying to force a square in our round hole. Also dealing with the "INHUMANE RESOURCES" Taryn Blair the most inpersonal and unprofessional and incompetent person for the job. most new employees since she has started have most if not all of there benifits screwed up in one way or another all by her. As she comes to work dressed in GOTH garb, Grow up Taryn you are suppose to be a professional.

1.0
Jun 13, 2008

The Plant Manager From Hell

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Pros

Getting a pay check every 2 weeks, good health insurance, thanks to our union,good benefits, thanks to our union

Cons

Very little communication from Latrobe to us, poor communication from the plant manager - does not want to settle grievances, so everything is going to arbitration.2 years ago you enjoyed working there,now it's just the opposite. The plant manager is very controlling and it's either his way or the highway. He signed a contract with the union and does not honor it. He instituted Lean, which is not working the way it's supposed to be.

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