Komatsu reviews

4.0

75% would recommend to a friend

(606 total reviews)
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Kunio Noji

76% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Komatsu has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 606 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Komatsu employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.7 stars).

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606 reviews
3.0
Feb 20, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hands on, operating big equipment. Product is good. Opportunity to go to Japan. Job security. Marketing Events

Cons

Department runs extremely lean. Heavy workload without enough bandwidth to complete the expected tasks. Travel is excessive. A lot of knowledge is gathered by going to the field and getting it yourself. Management doesn’t assist in training you to be successful in your job. You figure that out yourself. Limited opportunity for advancement. Limited influence on Japan with product design. Company is not agile and changes happen very slow.

3.0
Jul 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company itself is great and is a solid leader in its industry with new, unsurpassed technology that keep it on the tip of the spear of the industry. The job that I have is fun, and I really do enjoy most of the people with whom I work. Also, Chattanooga is a beautiful and amazing place to live, and I can see HQ moving here one day.

Cons

The pay is extremely low. I learned this after about a year or so of working here. I am considered the most senior at what I do and continually max out my annual goals, yet I am about $15k underpaid, currently. The company gives pretty much the same raise to everyone, meaning the dirtbag you work with got the same raise as you. Also, the company is organized in a VERY flat way, meaning there is very little opportunity for promotion unless someone above you quits or gets fired. If you don't mind moving laterally with not much pay raise, then this is your company.

3.0
Jun 25, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

World class construction products with few peers from an engineering, manufacturing and machine performance standpoint. Very talented and professional employees in most functional areas of the day to day operations. Company is small enough and has the financial strength to quickly react to changing market conditions and has the potential to seriously challenge larger competitors in reacting to these changes.

Cons

Fundamentally incompetent senior management within the new machine sales function for all practical purposes neuters this company's potential to grow and retain market share by exploiting the strengths of the company as listed above. An outstanding engineering and manufacturing company hamstrung by a critical failure to understand the American construction equipment market and its own distribution.

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