Kompan Reviews

3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(79 total reviews)
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Connie Astrup-Larsen

72% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Kompan has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 79 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kompan 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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79 reviews
1.0
18 Dec 2017

Stay Away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

Co-workers are wonderful and the day to day work environment is great. Benefits are average.

Cons

No personnel development, advancement opportunities, or regular merit increase schedule. Once you are in a role you are going to stay there. Employees are considered a commodity that either burns out from over working or gets replaced. The company may be growing but leadership looks outside the company to fill roles. Communication is horrible, and process and initiative implementation is bad. Processes are a mess. Pay is well below market standard - not competitive.

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Kompan Response
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Dear Former Employee, I appreciate the candid review of your time working for KOMPAN. We are sourcing and developing a U.S.-based leadership team, and we have had several internal promotions over the past several months. We do consider internal candidates for available positions if such candidates have been in their current position for 12+ months per company policy. As an employee myself, I do feel valued, encouraged, cultivated, and empowered. I am sorry you had a different experience. As we continue to build our operations in Austin, we will take all feedback into account - the good and the bad - so thank you for providing your review and I wish you the best. Austin HR
2.0
14 Nov 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The absolute best people you will ever work with Free fruit and coffee/tea Casual environment Best and coolest playground equipment built and designed

Cons

High turn over - will let someone go for any amount of reasons micro - managed trying to run company like a international company Still trying to figure out how to create processes and procedures

5.0
27 Jun 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fantastic teammates who care about what they're doing and will help you with what you're doing. Strong leadership who listen and take action when needed (and when they can). No problem getting hardware or resources with a sensible business justification. Good health care benefits that are made Excellent with a $3k RHA card Moving to a brand new building in a couple months (Aug 2018). Who doesn't want to work in a really nice building with great amenities, showers, and workout equipment? This company makes and designs playgrounds! That's something I really am proud about. My kids think I'm a superhero. Very strong sense of accomplishment and achievement when a project comes together and a community thinks of our company in a positive light.

Cons

This is a Danish company with headquarters in Denmark. It's a subsidiary that comes with reasonable challenges in communicating with HQ. It's the same for any international company. There are some things that are normal in American culture that are not normal in Danish culture (and vice versa). Again, this is universal when two cultures come together to grow a business. It can be really rewarding to have a problem, work through it, and realize the person on the other side has the same feelings and wants the same outcome. It sometimes takes time to figure that out. Compensation is below industry standards. This needs to be addressed because we've lost some people over it. Retention is important in a business that relies so heavily on a knowledge based value add. It takes a long time to get someone trained and up to speed. It's painful to see them leave for a reason that is relatively easy to fix. It's more expensive to keep recruiting, hiring, training...

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