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Alghanim Industries is typical of Middle East regional family owned conglomerates - Anonymous employee Alghanim Industries Employee Review

3.0
Dec 8, 2009
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Pros

The Pros for Alghanim are similar for other quality companies in Kuwait... Not much to do in Kuwait aside from drink tea and smoke shisha, so you can focus on work, save some money, work on your hobbies, meet new people. There are lots of new, energetic and competent people at the company and it seems to be making a strong effort to expand and hire quality people. Compared to other companies in Kuwait, it's a fairly professional and quality firm.

Cons

The owner of the company comes around with his guru every so often and shakes things up in the management scheme. The top management at the company shifts frequently and there is high turnover. I don't know many notable middle level managers who have been there more than 3 or 4 years. The company is trying to expand and go through change but can be inconsistent in the incentives it offers to management, etc. There are also the typical Middle Eastern issues of hierarchical structure, "wasta" (connections or influence), etc.. but you're likely to find these anywhere in the Middle East. Be skeptical of the initial sell the recruiters make... The owner and his team are very charismatic and competent and convey an image of unlimited potential to prospective employees... They swear you'll be selling GM cars and M&Ms to people on the moon in 3 years. But when you get there it's a different story. This is obvious if you look at the turnover rate over the past few years. Also, people of various ethnicities tend to band together in departments and social circles (Indian, Lebanese, European, etc...) which doesn't exactly promote a culture of information exchange.

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5.0
Aug 30, 2023
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Pros

Everything was good to me, they support young local talents and provide you with all the tools you need to excel !

Cons

Nothing really , . Working hours can be long but other than that I was made to feel comfortable

1.0
Jul 17, 2019
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Pros

Health insurance is cheaper than most

Cons

Management is very unprofessional, employees are stretched thin, no raises after many years, no money added to 401k which is profit sharing. They expect you to work overtime at a drop of a dime till late at times. Favoritisms is very high with those who are friends with President. Engineering department is a joke. It is composed of 2 guys that refuse to help the shop floor when any questions was asked. The travelers didn’t give enough information and when they were asked to explain they tell you to figure it out. Only decent manager is the quality manager that tried to help with any questions floor had and fixing engineering mess when brought to her attention. I can’t see the quality manager lasting long with the level of incompetency in that place. President talks like he cares but actions are minimal to none. All talk with absolutely no action. So much scrap but President comments made it seem like it was quality’s fault for finding it. President does not address issues in engineering because of the friendship with the manager. Technology is from the Flintstone era, the IT guy fights even to get an email setup for me. This place is truly a mess. As an inspector i had to figure my own dimensions to check because nothing was available. Too bad because the shop people and quality people deserve better.

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