Klein Tools reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(240 total reviews)
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Tom Klein

81% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Klein Tools has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 240 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Klein Tools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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240 reviews
1.0
Aug 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Exposure to many departments of the company is common; you can learn a lot in a short time period because is this. Truthfully, if you are green you can learn a LOT about how not to run a company; which can be an incredibly valuable lesson for your business future. There are many REALLY good people here that great to work with and have fantastic vision and potential - but unfortunately they are completely overlooked. A great manager/engineer at KP, visionary and talented young manager in Mansfield, several fantastic engineers and IT techs here in corporate, many more all totally underutilized and underappreciated. SEVERAL YEARS AGO THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL PRAISE!

Cons

15 years ago is roughly when I hired on, salary was decent but benefits were amazing and that is why I made my choice. Since then things have deteriorated, benefits slashed blaming the recession all while the company maintained record margin. Now the benefits are average at best and salary below average. I've waited it out hoping for the company to make the right decision and boost total compensation back to average or above average but that looks like it is not going to happen. No support or "reward system" for thinking outside the box or driving positive change. In many cases this causes high levels of inefficiency. I pain to say this but because of the above, there are many of us that have been around the block that know the system and skate by looking like heroes while these younger ones who are really making progress get steam rolled. Reading the other reviews reinforces this. I can't watch anymore.

2.0
Jun 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company will help you understand multiple aspects of a company that still manufacturers a lot of it's product in the United States.

Cons

The company needs to Lack of leadership in at mid-upper management positions. Lack of leadership and company vision from top management. A once a year address at a company pic-nic by the CEO who is not highly involved in decisions is not sufficient. Top management should be involved and approachable.

1.0
Jun 9, 2014

Sales

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great product to sell, Tool of choice in the Electrical Market. Very quick shipping and high order fill rate. Most of the core items are Made in the USA

Cons

Horrible management, Very backstabbing environment. High turn overrate among sales staff. Managers micro-manage field sales staff. No one in management has much experience.

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