Good Products, bad management - Anonymous employee Komatsu Employee Review

3.0
18 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Quality products with good service quality, like any other Japanese MNCs.

Cons

Seniority system not taking into account one's capability. Culture tends to victimize those who don't speak out. Management quality and style very rooted; reward only those who are 'Yes' men; they do not accept 'No' and does not listen

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3.0
22 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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