Koch reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(1,840 total reviews)
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Charles G. Koch and Dave Robertson

80% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Koch has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,840 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Koch employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.8 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Apr 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you made it through the interview process you have been selected based on your likely fit with the MBM philosophy. Nice facility with chef in the cafeteria. Thriving business.

Cons

Screened based on fit to MBM. If you deviate from that philosophy or voice dissent you will be let go without any hesitation. Lots of turnover because of this. One of MBM philosophy points is "challenge" things. This should be a good thing and lead to open mindedness, but on the KBS teams I worked with it was unnecessarily confrontational and hostile. You have to live in Wichita to work at HQ. If you leave Wichita you may have difficulty selling your house. Work/life balance is not in their vocabulary. Not as bad as other places on this though. No clear career path. Atlanta (Georgia Pacific) has not fully assimilated the MBM philosophy, which makes for cognitive dissonance. "Entrepreneurial" mindset leads to duplication of services, and excuse for not following processes.

5.0
Apr 7, 2014

Awesome place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are fantastic to work with

Cons

Hours can be long and the travel

2.0
Mar 25, 2014

Slave Driver

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Advancement opportunities.. Ability to move around and explore different accounting positions

Cons

Horrible work home life balance... I was working 80 hours a week for 6 months straight.. I also had a baby a toddler and a little one at home. When I brought up the situation to my boss I was told "to move up in the world you have to make sacrifices" I left after that.. I'm not willing to sacrifice my family... The work atmosphere is like high school.. there is a lot of clicks and office gossip.. not a very friendly professional atmosphere.

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