Short-sighted management practices hurt an otherwise good organization. - Anonymous employee Komatsu Employee Review

2.0
Jul 21, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Truly make the best quality products on the market, produced by some very good people who are proud of what they make. Good pay and benefits overall.

Cons

Corporate management has no idea how the work actually gets done, but are quick toimplement programs and make decsions without thinking of the impact to those doing the work. Senior management has been known to make decisons that de-motivate employees (e.g., cutting the bonus plan the day the checks are issued).

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3.0
Apr 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A name brand company is always nice to have on a resume, Employees are generally nice. They care about safety. They have a lot of "town halls" to give you updates about financials. They want internal employees to apply for jobs if they become available. Benefits are decent - they have the minimal to entice good employees.

Cons

Four days in office, even if you were initially hired into the company as a 2 day remote employee. Office is loud and cold. There isn't even enough space but you must come into office to sit on the meetings on Teams. You will get between 0 and 3% raises and you will be told that there is not way to "exceed expectations" but you will be required to and will ambush you to create performance reviews. A giant issue is on it's way to Komatsu - all of their employees are retiring. They are all retiring right now and they are not training others to fill the roles and the next 5 years are going to be painful. Those retiring - they've seen the company go from an amazing company with pensions, extra time off, and extravagant Christmas parties to what they are today - greedy overlords with BYO food for a mid-day Christmas party lunch. It's unfortunate.

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