Koch Industries Reviews

Pros

Challenging work, company culture, intelligent co-workers, results oriented, a true feeling of being able to create value for the company, company benefits

Cons

Koch is generally a lean running group that at times requires sacrifices of time away from your family, friends and activities.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the positive work environment and remember to make sure that your employees have not only a fulfilling life at work but at home as well.

Pros

Career Advancement
Challenging Work
Dynamic work force
Fellow Employees have good values

Cons

Does not offer flex time/ job sharing- but trend is changing to meet needs of current workforce

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to focus on the culture- especially during periods of growth

Pros

Many opportunities for knowledge sharing within the companies. Strong leadership and company values keep all divisions focused on similar goals.

Cons

The enormity of the company often became burdensome. With so many companies in numerous industries, communication was often difficult to maintain.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership focused on the "Market Based Management" principals intended to focus all of the companies' goals and directives. Very efficient and lean.

Pros

Employees are generally motivated and have a positive work ethic, pay is decent. Feedback from management is helpful.

Cons

Expectation is that work-life balance is nonexistent. Expect phone calls on vacation for unimportant reasons. Benefits and vacation time are minimum. Office atmosphere is not social.

Pros

Personal contribution is key to success

Cons

Must fit into culture, which can be difficult for some individuals

Pros

Good training;
Cheap city (Wichita);
Fun projects;
Not a lot of travel;
Easy commute;
Great cafeteria;
interesting work philosophy.

Cons

Long hours;
Salary tends to lag behind market;
high turnover (2 year average);
run like a fraternity (if you don't get in the right crowd, you'll never get ahead)
very political;
Upper management is not very kind to subordinates

Advice to Senior Management

Pay market wages to your employees.

Pros

Great pay, excellent opportunity to advance, and nice co-workers. Everyone treated me with respect and we all had fun together.

Cons

They fund the entire bat-shit crazy movement and you have to live with the consequences of being part of one of the largest polluters in the world.

Advice to Senior Management

I would tell them to take their silver spoon out of their butt, and focus on providing value to all stakeholders, not just shareholders

Pros

Focus on market based management.
Friendly co-workers.
Highly intelligent staff.

Cons

Long hours due to under staffing.
Tendency to apply labels that can not be removed.
Performance reviews tend to focus on behavior in meetings (rolling eyes) vs over all performance at job.

Advice to Senior Management

Focus more on work staff accomplishes and less on personality quirks. Actually embrace the challenge process you preach vs labeling valid challenges as complaints. Charles has good direction and leadersship, but that can be lost in middle management.

Pros

Mainly for Job opportunity near home

Cons

May sacrifice personal for work

Pros

Skills, environment, traveling, benefits, people

Cons

lack off top management, bureaucracy

Advice to Senior Management

listening ordinary employees, not just in the USA