The Kleinfelder Group Reviews

Former Employee – worked at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Challenging environment with a variety of projects. The growth in IT applications makes working on projects around the country.

Cons – Often demanded long hours and an overwhelming amount of paperwork to complete the work.

Advice to Senior Management – Let engineers be engineers, and cut down on the amount of meetings.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than a year

Pros – Benefits and locations. Fellow staff are very nice to work with.

Cons – Shortage of staff means more workload. New responsibilities are added weekly or monthly. No pay increases that justify workload.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at The Kleinfelder Group as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Friendly co-workers and great attitude. Tremendous amount of knowledge.

Cons – The salaries tended to be relatively low.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at The Kleinfelder Group as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Smart, nice people.
Hardworking company
Free lunches during meetings
Good Management

Cons – Hard to connect with some as a much younger employee

Advice to Senior Management – More organization

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – employee owned, sustinable when selecting office location (near public transportation)

Cons – management restructuring as of 2011... in 2013 the transition is still going...

Advice to Senior Management – management restructuring as of 2011... in 2013 the transition is still going...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great opportunity to learn. But understand that you will not go any where unless you are a P.E.

Cons – Unless your a P.E. dont plan on elevating your career.

Advice to Senior Management – Practice what you preach.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Projects are diverse and plentiful, and there are often opportunities to travel.

Cons – Benefits are not great and often require you to pay a substaintial amount yourself.

Advice to Senior Management – More training is needed for younger staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – You get to work on a great range of project opportunities.

Cons – Consistently pick up the slack from others and being bother by the same people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Used to be a very employee orieniented company that allowed you the freedom to be innovative and allow for professional growth. Problem is it is all used to be.

Cons – Definate old boys network where if you aren't from California or in with the boys you will go nowhere, allow incompetent managers to remain in place way too long, allow talent to walk out the door, are more interested in doing it the Kleinfelder way instead of doing it the right way, has gone downhill as they have expanded. I really question how some of their offices stay in business. I think they are more worried about having dots on a map than actually operating good offices.

Advice to Senior Management – Get some new management

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at The Kleinfelder Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Giving my 2-weeks.

If you're good at kissing ass, you'll love Kleinfelder. Just keep singing the praises of the "new company structure". Say an enthusiastic YES, no matter how often. This is key to getting on the inside track to the good ol' boys club.

Cons – "Share some of the downsides of working at the Kleinfelder Group."

Hmm, where do you start? Seeing the admins, enginners, clients and techs getting punked at every turn? Dealing with a stifling bureaucracy that makes it nearly impossible to get work? Getting paid 1/2 to 1/4 of what similar engineering skillsets make in the industry? Attending meeting after meeting while hearing management whine, cry and wail about utilization?

Advice to Senior Management – Advice to Management?

Kleinfelder management does not engage in "listening", so what's the point of offering any?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company