KMS Solutions reviews

4.1

74% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

Sam Malhotra

87% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

KMS Solutions has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KMS Solutions employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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47 reviews
5.0
Mar 28, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Not only does the company share the cost of my health & dental premiums, but they cover the yearly deductible by depositing $100 into my HSA every month, and it's great insurance. You are given 3 plan options to suit your personal needs; you don't have to pick the one with a $5000 deductible. As far as the PTO, you are told that you get 22 days per year, and that 10 of those are holidays; you're still left with 12 business days (2 weeks + 2 days) off each year, and you don't have to wait 1-year to begin accruing. This is written in your offer letter and you're given a benefit summary of all benefits BEFORE employment begins; if you don't understand it just ask before you accept employment. None of that is hidden.

Cons

Don't really know of any. EVERY employee since I've been here has received an annual bonus and many an annual increase in salary, even in this economy.

1.0
Apr 24, 2013

Horrible Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Paycheck - Great, talented, down to earth, honest employees

Cons

- All the other reviews of this company cannot be more truthful. - They do not pay for holidays. You must use your OWN Paid Time Off. - The insurance benefits they provide are a joke. You have a $5,000 deductible every year and the month by month cost is overly expensive. -They are not upfront and truthful about their horrible benefits package. They do not provide details about it before you are in the door. They slip the “paid time off can be used for personal leave, sick leave, HOLIDAYS, etc.” inconspicuously in your offer letter. It is very deceiving. - Poorly run company, horrible business plan and upper management (Sr. execs) is lacking. If you do not like to be micromanaged, then this company is not for you. If you want to provide new business or operational ideas and proposition, this company is not for you. Providing new insight and ideas is strictly forbidden. - They are very quick to lay their employees off. And if you do get laid off, they are very quick to dispute your claim for unemployment compensation. - Upper management does not respect their employees, who are very talented individuals and assets. They do not utilize the talent and knowledge of their existing employees. - Lack of ethics with upper management. - They do not create REAL business partnerships. - At the end of the day, the clarity is that they will lie to you.

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KMS Solutions Response
12y
The writer has grossly misrepresented the facts. KMS does have a defense industry standard paid time off policy that is fully disclosed and explained in the second paragraph of their offer letters as follows, "Currently full-time employees accrue PTO on a pay period basis. New employees accrue this time at the rate of 22 days annually beginning with their first full month of employment. PTO is intended to provide employees with salary continuity for holidays, vacation, and sick time." In addition, it is explained again in the benefits summary provided to all new employees, "KMS Solutions full-time employees accrue PTO per pay period. Employees with creditable service of less than 5 years accrue this time at the rate of 7.33 hours per pay period or 22 days annually, while Employees with creditable service of more than 5 years accrue this time at the rate of 8.33 hours per pay period, or 25 days annually. PTO is intended to provide employees with salary continuity for holidays, vacation, and sick time. With the exception of scheduled holidays, employees are eligible to use accrued PTO after 90 days of employment." As it relates to the medical benefits, employees have the option to elect one of 3 different comprehensive BC/BS plans, none of which have a $5,000.00 deductible. The ethics of the company are above reproach. KMS has a published Code of Ethics and Conduct Policy (Policy #806) that all employees receive training on during new hire orientation and also refresher training as required and at least annually.
2.0
May 16, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Paycheck They try to get good people

Cons

What they don't tell you is that holidays are treated as time off. So if they say 20 days a year, expect that 11 of those days are actually holidays. If you come to the company in October, that means that in February you will be greatly in the hold on PTO. They know what they are doing, but if they were honest about it, you wouldn't work for them. It's pretty sneaky, because you don't know what's happening until you are in the door. At that point, what do you do? Do you leave the new job? The company is run supposedly by a woman, but she is a figurehead for the COO, a reservist officer. He brings in other officers who have impressed him. The reason the company is successful at all is because of an overseas linguist base (which will disappear with drawdown). It's because of a single good move, not because the company has any strategy for success. They set up an office in Florida, but I don't think it has enough business to keep itself going; they moved into a residence down there, and probably took all the moving expenses off as business related. It just seems like a scam--at the employees expense. We deserve more commitment and attention than we get.

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KMS Solutions Response
12y
The writer has grossly misrepresented the facts. KMS does have a defense industry standard paid time off policy that is fully disclosed and explained in the second paragraph of their offer letters as follows, "Currently full-time employees accrue PTO on a pay period basis. New employees accrue this time at the rate of 22 days annually beginning with their first full month of employment. PTO is intended to provide employees with salary continuity for holidays, vacation, and sick time." In addition, it is explained again in the benefits summary provided to all new employees, "KMS Solutions full-time employees accrue PTO per pay period. Employees with creditable service of less than 5 years accrue this time at the rate of 7.33 hours per pay period or 22 days annually, while Employees with creditable service of more than 5 years accrue this time at the rate of 8.33 hours per pay period, or 25 days annually. PTO is intended to provide employees with salary continuity for holidays, vacation, and sick time. With the exception of scheduled holidays, employees are eligible to use accrued PTO after 90 days of employment." The CEO of KMS has been an engineering services professional in the Aerospace and Defense services sector since 1985.
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