Kleinfelder reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(526 total reviews)
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Louis Armstrong

52% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Kleinfelder has an employee rating of 3.1 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
2.0
Jan 1, 2021
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Pros

If you are lucky enough, you may cross paths with smart and friendly engineers and managers, occasionally.

Cons

You are more likely to find yourself working under the authority and whim of some long-term employees who do not know what they are doing but somehow figured out ways to play the politics and have survived. They either provide no guidance at all or give misleading and wrong opinions. Quality check is minimal, work completed by a favored junior level staff could be submitted unreviewed or under reviewed. When project issues are exposed, or proposals failed, these seasoned people would show remarkable talent in finding smart excuses to cover up their own lack of expertise, judgment, and diligence. Most projects are not measuring up to industrial standards. (except for those that are managed by very few well-qualified project managers) Overall, the company is reluctant to embrace technical excellence, possibly because senior-level managers can not tell what good quality versus bad quality work is, or even right versus wrong.

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Kleinfelder Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to provide a review. Kleinfelder has a company-wide program providing a structure that promotes our technical excellence across the business. To learn more about this program please visit the Kleinfelder Intranet.
2.0
Oct 25, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

My team was great and we built more than an app per year.

Cons

An old system of corporate autocracy, death by committee and poor leadership. Building custom software solutions is viewed as a threat, which I never understood (politics).

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Kleinfelder Response
5y
Thank you for taking the time to provide us with a review regarding your experience working for Kleinfelder. It is helpful for us to hear feedback from our current and past team members.
2.0
Sep 29, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers were very nice and supportive

Cons

Company culture was terrible. Failure to invest in talent resulted in 55% percent of office leaving for new opportunities. Pay was terrible, benefits were terrible, upper management was terrible.

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Kleinfelder Response
5y
We appreciate your feedback. Thank you for taking the time to provide Kleinfelder with this information. Hearing from our current and past employees provides us with the opportunity to understand more about areas where we can improve as well as what we are doing well.
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