Kleinfelder reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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Louis Armstrong

52% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Kleinfelder has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 526 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kleinfelder employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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526 reviews
1.0
May 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities for young, junior staff to get exposed to diverse work opportunities.

Cons

Lame, inexperienced, and arrogant leadership - likely low emotional intelligence. Favoritism, politics, and "good ole boy" company - white men. No diversity or accountability of the "favored" leaders of the company. Failure and sharp decline in morale and stock value are blamed on outstanding DSO, disgruntled junior staff, Obamacare, and the poor economy, never the leadership - but other competitors are doing great! It is cheap labor, long hours, and no compensation that are being used to increase profit - metric focused. Senior, qualified personnel are used in proposals to win work. But when the work arrives, inexperienced, junior staff are used - with little training, supervision, or oversight - to increase profit. Cutting corners, poorly executed or planned work, and low morale are rampant. If not part of the "favored" group, chances or opportunities for success will be minimal. Too much drama, high turnover, and immature politics at play - have to know who to saddle up to or be left to work significantly harder to get a chance with little recognition or compensation. The company used to be fun, great team work, fair compensation, and challenging work. Today, it is not "bright people, right solutions", except maybe in small pockets or acquired companies, and very little international experience in leadership. No "one company" - no team or loyalty at all. It is fear-driven, demeaning, and oppressive. And, will bet that leadership will blame these negative reviews on disgruntled employees. In reality, it is long-term, smart, or ambitious people that are leaving (or terminated) due to frustration, the lack of strong leadership, vision, and innovation. Keep trying the same approach for all disciplines/work/projects, same excuses, and expecting staff to believe....they soon find out all is smoke and mirrors at Kleinfelder. It is profit before people. Sad to see such a great company decline as it has.

3.0
Mar 28, 2014

Good Potential

Recommend
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Pros

It's generally a good place to work. There is a wide variety of work opportunities and a fair potential to advance. Upper management seems to have the company on the right financial track. Very little internal politics and a general sense that everyone is pulling together. Good benefits and transparent financials.

Cons

Dealing with the bureacracy and navigating through the multiple layers of enterprise architecture. For example, the behavioral 'safety system' requires a slavish, brainwashed, zombie-like adherence to dogma. It borders on messianic/creepy and is viewed as childish and belittling by more than a few staff. There are also client-centric subcultures within the company that can have dramatically different approaches to work/life balance. Hubris and and a callous, misguided elitism are endemic in these pockets - Pride cometh before the fall.

4.0
Mar 27, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of interesting and challenging project and get hand on experience with all sorts of projects

Cons

cannot retain good management peoples, have seen a lot of technical people leaving. Management only looks at your utilization. One proposal a week would destroy your utilization down to like 80% which is like 15% away from your goal.

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