Kleinfelder reviews

3.2

47% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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Louis Armstrong

55% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Kleinfelder has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 526 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kleinfelder employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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526 reviews
5.0
Jun 15, 2018

Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Really good company culture, bright and nice people.

Cons

Overall everything is really good.

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Kleinfelder Response
8y
Thank you for taking the time to give a review! We are happy to hear you are having a positive experience as a Kleinfelder employee. Best of luck moving forward!
1.0
Jun 12, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You get paid, thanks to the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Section 323. - An opportunity to bond with people that are also being taken advantage of.

Cons

- Melbourne is an office of middle managers deft at circumlocution who will bore you with their evasive, self-servient and verbose monologues and shut down any reasoned debate to enhance their perceived alpha male status. - The revolving door Australian GM position is used to momentarily boost moral but masks a lack of confidence in the hiring procedure leading to undermined authority and a lack of direction and trust nationally. This movie replays ad infinitum. Meanwhile, good staff have left and complacency, poor culture and resistance to change have become entrenched. - A confusing and poorly communicated annual review structure that openly encourages individual criticism with no opportunity to provide feedback upwards. An even more opaque pay review process. - Forced vacation / PTO to manage fluctuating workloads and short-sighted knee-jerk business development decisions to combat declining revenue. - Poor roll-out and short-sighted strategic direction / initiatives dictated by the US puppet master that you are expected to learn like a mantra. - Unmanageable ‘qualification card’ system for the supervision of new field personnel that is applied with unwavering ignorance and/or inadequately depending on the agenda of the PM, resulting in an unwritten hierarchy and frustrated field staff. - Repeated requests from HR / owner-employees to submit sycophantic Glassdoor reviews that are transparently posted in quick succession making us all look a bit desperate.

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Kleinfelder Response
8y
Though we are very disappointed to hear of your challenges as a Kleinfelder employee, we do appreciate your feedback as it can help us to understand where there are areas for improvement.
5.0
May 23, 2018

Project Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Your career will go as far as you take it - there are growth opportunities. Also, the company is on a strong trajectory since the change of executive leadership a couple years ago.

Cons

I have enjoyed my time thus far at Kleinfelder.

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Kleinfelder Response
8y
Thank you for spending a few minutes to provide us with feedback on your experience as Kleinfelder employee. It is valuable for us to know you see career growth opportunities with Kleinfelder. Thanks!
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