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    Kennametal Reviews

    Updated July 18, 2018
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    Pros

    • "Good working environment, I have heard that the compensation is also good and working here will give you alot of exposure" (in 11 reviews)

    • "Good Work Life Balance, High Technical Exposure, Food" (in 10 reviews)

    Cons

    • "To much un-certainty with upper management" (in 8 reviews)

    • "Plant manager, production manager, quality manager- all mangers incompetent, seriously" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (1)

      "Kennmetal - Great Place to work!"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Kennametal full-time

      Pros

      Friendly environment, Work-Life Balance, Compensation, Career Opportunities (growth).

      Cons

      Benefits - But really not a con because the benefit cost falls in-line with all companies now.

      Advice to Management

      My advise would be to not change the interviewing process. This is a benefit to the company and the interested party because both needs to know if he/she would be a great fit!

    2. "QA Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Tech orientated for this area

      Cons

      Career growth oppo is lacking

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    3. "Good place to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Kennametal full-time

      Pros

      Good visibility and networking opportunities with upper management and open to new ideas

      Cons

      Training programs are not well defined

    4. "Production Supervisor"

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      Former Employee - Production Supervisor
      Former Employee - Production Supervisor
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Kennametal full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Local leadership and operators. Decent benefits, good pay.

      Cons

      Corporate direction. No work/life balance, no flexibility. Everyone has more responsibilities than their job title should have. Salary employees do not get overtime pay but in order to do the job well, it will require over 60 hours a week. Human Resources, Safety, and Quality managers are shared resources which puts more responsibilities on Supervisors and Engineers.

      Advice to Management

      Be more organized and clearly lay out each employee’s job responsibilities. To be more effective as a company, invest in employees and stop abusing the temp system. Headcount reduction should not be the only priority and you will never achieve excellence by using this current model. Indirect labor is important and skeleton crews on off shifts will only do enough to get by.

    5. "Sales Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Kennametal full-time

      Pros

      Great place to work for with lots of room for advancement.

      Cons

      A lot of changes can happen but that's not always a bad thing.

    6. "Not good"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Salary, coworker were great people

      Cons

      Shut down operations, moved to different state

    7. "It's a decent place to work, but going the extra mile will get you nothing."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Kennametal full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Wear products are consumable, so there's always a market to serve.

      Cons

      Performing at a high level gets you nothing unless the ENTIRE company does well in the same year (perhaps quarter) that you do something spectacular.

      Advice to Management

      Communism doesn't work in government, and it's not a good way to run a company.

    8. "Customer Service Rep manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Kennametal full-time

      Pros

      Employees stay or have been with employer for many Year's. Have work from home positions available.

      Cons

      Main offices are out of reasonable driving distance

      Advice to Management

      Semi annual reviews need to be improved

    9. "HORRIBLE MANAGERS! HR does not have your back if managers break the rules!"

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      Former Employee - Sales Engineer in New Albany, IN
      Former Employee - Sales Engineer in New Albany, IN
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Kennametal full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Pretty good benefits. The health saving plan is worth it.
      Colleagues are great! If you happen to get a good manager you are lucky! Hopefully you will not lose them. Company vehicles are a plus. Most all expenses are paid also. Which is another plus. There are many employees that have longevity here. But they do state the company has changed dramatically.

      Cons

      Horrible management! Definitely not worth the efforts.
      Extremely too much paperwork. When they ask you to hand in paperwork it may be same day and have no time to finish it. Not good managing. When the managers have been there awhile they are able to treat their employees however they wish and get away with it!
      This is so unprofessional on so many levels!
      Can treat you as horrible or unethical as they wish!
      Does not matter to Kennametal’s HR. Seniority rules!

      Advice to Management

      Hire managers that actually know what they are doing product wise. Show respect for the employees.
      Actually care about what they are contributing to the company. Stop saying you are an ETHICAL company! This is a LIE! Stop having the employees take ethics test every quarter just for SHOW! What a joke!
      Everyone knows how horrible the employees are treated here. Pathetic!

    10. "Poor Management in critical positions"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Latrobe, PA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Latrobe, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Kennametal full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Pay is pretty good..

      Cons

      Managers with no or little experience creates a halt in growth. No experience leads to numerous errors, sub-par training and it kills the morale. No/little support because the managers are incompetent in their fields and have the attitude that he/she does not have to know the jobs they are managing.

      Advice to Management

      Hire managers that are experienced in managing in addition to a good bit of knowledge in the area that is being managed. Hire professional managers whom does not retaliate if you offer your opinions on how to make the job and environment more efficient. Listen to your employees and talk to your staff to understand the high turnover rates and what can be done to deter it.

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