Kalmar Reviews

3.0

47% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Casimir Lindholm

33% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Kalmar has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Kalmar 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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86 reviews
1.0
Sep 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

At least you have a job. Some people are really nice.

Cons

I feel lied to. The workload is inhumane. In the contract you sign up for a 40hr workweek. But they don't mention that for closing activities (2 workdays before the 1st working day of the month and 5 workdays after) you have to work crazy overtime and you are FORBIDDEN from taking any kind of leave in the first or last week of the month. During cloding I start at 8am and finish at 10pm, some of my colleagues work until 12am. These hours are not paid, you can take them as "leave early" bonus but sometimes your manager tellsforces you to take them when you don't even need them. Sound bearable but there is more - when you try to write the after hours in the overtime spreadsheet you get scolded that "you are not really working if you are waiting for a confirmation". For example I finish work at 6pm and I am on the computer waiting for a confirmation, to start my tasks (another hour, sometimes two), which I receive around 8-10pm. In that time, as they like to say, "you cannot write it as overtime, because you are waiting and not actively working". This is not only disrespectful but also illegal, because I stay available and react when there is a problem or so (most of the times something urgent comes up)! All of my team are burnt out and we are only 6 months in. If I knew what was going to be on my plate I would have at least demanded a bigger salary, because this is just mockingly low for the amount of effort we put.

1.0
Apr 9, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Nice office - Really big company

Cons

- delusional management. - bad attitude towards new employee. - childish approach. - organizational issues. - promoted company values obviously not align with reality in Bulgaria. - last, but not at least very low pay.

1.0
Sep 17, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice colleagues that are always willing to share knowledge.

Cons

The higher management lacks a vision on how to execute software development and digitalization throughout the company. Annual co-determination negotiations are routine.

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