Kleinfelder reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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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
4.0
Oct 21, 2013

Get to know the right people

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Pros

- Benefits: PTO is 18 days/yr starting + holidays, bereavement leave, etc. Three health plan options. - The principles and senior management team are good people. - The Restructure in 2010 created more paths to "move up" - Social Responsibility - giving to Charities - Good camaraderie with your office/peers - They provide the tools to work with people all over the country - Good connections available across the country in your discipline - good raises, including your first professional license

Cons

- Development of the staff is not a priority company-wide. - Project managers have too many roles. - You drive your own career. You have to find your own work, even as a junior level employee - Not very many people have the "one-company" mentality. The culture is: First you cover your own ass, then your friends, then your office, then maybe help the others throughout the company. - Low Morale - It is very difficult to change your position if you are not satisfied. Your best chance is to relocate to another office or switch companies. - Very slow to replace employees - Don't count on your ESOP for retirement

1.0
Oct 5, 2013

Was great early in my career....

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Pros

It is a fiercely privately held company with the majority held by the employees.

Cons

The management used to listen to suggestions from the rank-and-file, but now they don't. The management used to reward the rank-and-file with spot bonuses, but more recently bonuses seem to be only given to Project Managers and above. To become a member of the Direct Shareholder group, one is nominated and later voted into the group by its existing membership... membership is NOT based on merit, though management often tries to tell the rank-and-file that it is. Historically, the company seems to prefer demoting bad senior managers in hope that they just up and quit on their own, rather than just firing the manager out right. Training for the rank-and-file is often difficult to obtain...company is known to cancel said training if schedule becomes to busy; and when employee later gets penalized for not completing those training goals when annual reviews are conducted.

2.0
Sep 22, 2013
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Pros

Challenging environment. Awesome company to work for early in your career to use as leverage for the next company. If you are an engineer or PE you will be treated above all other degrees from the time you interview.

Cons

Very thick glass ceiling for women or non-PE or PG's. Huge boys club even when you are asked to be an exclusive 'direct owner'. The only people promoted past PM level are the men or very few women who are the elite in the companies KLF aquires. The upper management does not fire poor managers regardless of mass exodus of junior staff giving scathing exit interviews. They turn blind eyes to blatant discrimination. Oh and don't plan on having kids and choosing to work 40 hours because you will be discussed behind closed doors as not being a good employee regardless of the years of 60 hour weeks. Constant reorganization and $ being spent to do so could be used in much better ways, like salaries.

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