Kohler Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Kohler full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Truly global company
Manage change well
HR processes

Cons – Policy administration
Slow decision making
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Advice to Senior Management – Speeden the India story

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kohler full-time for more than a year

Pros – Learning, inovative work, responsibility, great friendly colleagues

Cons – HR policies, incentives, work culture, politics, HR department

Advice to Senior Management – Make more employee friendly HR policies, better incentives & benefits

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kohler full-time for more than a year

Pros – Salary on time, upraise and appreciation in time
Atleast for the first 2 years !!

Cons – - Bad work environment
- Too much work due to miss-management
- Less involvement of top management and Top management does not give authority of making decisions
- Managers trying to be local boss in each department.
- No upgrade in post unless u put resign.
- Cannot bypass just above boss and inform his seniors that my boss is doing some stupidity !!

Advice to Senior Management – Solve all the Cons I know its not easy but let it start
STOP THROWING PRESSURE ON LOWER LEVEL WORKING PEOPLE

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kohler full-time

Pros – Large multinational company with a good reputation. Good benefits: medical, dental, vision, 401k with match, pension. Privately held with over 80% of profit reinvested in the company.

Cons – Bad location: the Village of Kohler is only 2,000 people, Sheboygan is only 50,000. Bad location if you are young. If you are married with kids it is a pretty good place. Although the benefits are good, actual pay is below average in most positions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kohler full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – -Great place to get started
-Even with unrealistic goals, relatively low pressure environment
-Rarely micromanaged
-Industry "leader" in terms of brand recognition
-If you're a manger who prefers power to pay, come and get it

Cons – -Way too many layers, they're more of a marketing firm than manufacturing
-Limited growth opportunity unless you are willing to move to BFE
-Consolidated many mid-level management positions
-Terrible pay
-Some of the promotions were laughable

Advice to Senior Management – -If you like being a "stepping stone" and don't mind losing good people after a short time, don't change anything
-Start addressing the cons
-Check the egos and pride of the few at the top

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kohler

Pros – Great co-workers. You can be proud of their products.

Cons – It's not what you know, it's who you know. There are definitely "select" people that get the training, promotions, money and who's opinion is valued. Upper management does not listen to or care about employees. They say they do but when it comes down to it you're a number. Lots of training for good processes that you never use in "real life".

Advice to Senior Management – My advice wouldn't matter.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kohler for more than 7 years

Pros – Solid company with great products, so you can believe in what you're selling. Privately owned so long-term strategies are executable without worry of shareholder's being upset.

Cons – Hard to advance in the company as upper management is limited. Pay is below average to average. Location of the headquarters, which is where one must reside to advance in the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Empower your employees more and eliminate all of the layers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Kohler full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great crew to work with

Cons – Commission structure too low compared to other companies. Salary low in comparison.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to raise commission rate in order to keep employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kohler full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Brand. Great Marketing. Great Venue.

Cons – Closed, Secretive, and Combative Top Management Culture

Advice to Senior Management – Develop leaders internally and stop the change outs at the top

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Kohler as an intern for less than a year

Pros – I had many hands on projects that served to further my understanding of working in industry and my knowledge of electrical engineering. My mentor was very helpful but not too controlling. He allowed me to work and make mistakes on my own and learn from them, and offered his assistance and advice when I asked or was struggling.

Cons – The downside to my position at Kohler Engines was that there was not much design experience. It was mostly troubleshooting fixing other people's mistakes.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more involved in the co-op's programs and projects.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend