Kohler Reviews

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

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

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 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

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 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

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

Pros – In automotive applications, "boost" refers to the amount by which intake manifold pressure exceeds atmospheric pressure. This is representative of the extra air pressure that is achieved over what would be achieved without the forced induction. The level of boost may be shown on a pressure gauge, usually in bar, psi or possibly kPa

Cons – In aircraft engines, turbocharging is commonly used to maintain manifold pressure as altitude increases (i.e. to compensate for lower-density air at higher altitudes)

Advice to Senior Management – The engine management system continually chooses among three combustion modes: ultra lean burn, stoichiometric, and full power output.

Yes, I would 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 a year

Pros – Solid education within the company. Excellent opportunity for stretch assignments and they usually promote from within.

Cons – Tuition reimbursement is not great

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

Current Employee – been working at Kohler

Pros – interdepartmental work, the people you work with are great to be around and work with, free golf for employees of the golf courses and discounted rates for non course employees.

Good summer opportunity for those in school or looking for seasonal employment with no desire to advance.

Cons – Management, Management, Management!!!!!! All upper management and even some lower level management is only there for themselves. They may lead you on and say that you are a valued employee but any chance they get they will tare you down. Management will take all credit for positive events and make excuses and dish out all the negatives. In my case, and for many others, I was more educated and qualified for management positions and that is why they will cut you down every chance they get.

Advice to Senior Management – They wouldn't listen if I would want to give it to them.

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