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Updated May 16, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "When the managers have been there awhile they are able to treat their employees however they wish and get away with it!" (in 13 reviews)
- "The plant manager is a Bull in the China shop and loves to create conflict but will not let the managers handle problem employees once he creates the situation." (in 8 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
good work environment, customer focus and employee focused
Cons
Be prepared to multitask, but still fun!
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good Entry Into Corporate, After 2 years + You Should Look Elsewhere
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
They will hire you at a competitive rate and with good benefits right out of college Employees are generally kind to one another There are good learning opportunities available and good experiences in the corporate world (for someone just starting their career)
Cons
Work-life balance is not great (but depends on what department you are in and who you work for/with) - you may be expected to be available and willing to do anything and everything for anyone at any given moment of the day or night Very old-school mentality and unwilling to progress to today's world Reluctant to promote employees, hire from within, or give raises Incredibly disorganized Some "higher-level" employees are given the opportunity to stop progress and cause problems for multiple departments and HR/Management does nothing to stop this, even after many complaints from nearly everyone in a department You are just a number - you will be let go if you are not determined to be valuable in times of low revenue
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Pay is good for 3rd shift.
Cons
Management does not communicate to the employees. They have no formal training or orientation process for new employee. The company will just hire a warm body for a job. Management believes the employees are easily replaceable.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Flexibility, flexibility, flexibility, flexibility, flexibility.
Cons
Opportunity, opportunity, opportunity, opportunity, opportunity.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good leadership, provide the equal opportunity
Cons
Need to improve the processes and policies
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Strong management, communication between departments, advancement opportunities
Cons
Some positions within the company still require daily in office work
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Lots of freedom to set schedule and where you go during a given week. Good teamwork and collaboration amongst sales team.
Cons
Terrible at getting better operationally in our plants. Very hard to navigate through delivery issues. Benefits and vacation time are meh, take it or leave it, nothing special, pretty stingy if you ask me.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Not working on an assembly line if your on the chemical side..
Cons
Hazardous work conditions.. Toxic work environment.. Poor management… Unfair pay for the job at hand.. Favoritism.. Unreasonable work load.. Expected to work Holidays.. Work/life balance is ridiculous..
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
You have co workers to help you if needed
Cons
Sometimes machines go down which ruins everything
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Literally nothing other than time off.
Cons
Offered 10 days vacation but 12 hour guys only get 6 and a half. Terrible health insurance with bare minimum coverage and premium pricing. Mandatory if at least 12 extra hours or on top of your 84 regular bi weekly hours. No communication, company does literally nothing for their employees. No picnic no Christmas dinner no bonuses. This job needs a union. pay is terrible for the kind of expertise it takes on these machines., and furnaces.
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Kennametal Reviews FAQs
Kennametal has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 578 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Kennametal to a friend and 56% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -6% over the last 12 months.
65% of Kennametal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Kennametal 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Kennametal to be culture, benefits, career development and the cons to be senior leadership, management.
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