KBR reviews

4.0

83% would recommend to a friend

(3,178 total reviews)
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Stuart J. B. Bradie

88% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

KBR has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,178 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KBR employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Aérospatiale et défense industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 16, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Nice offices in Leatherhead campus. They have done more to improve female representation, albeit hiring mainly white females which is extending the white - BAME group representation gap.

Cons

I would've selected an option below a 1-star rating but unfortunately the rating I can give is a 1-star. Here's why: I worked in their Government Solutions business. Dominated by ex-military people who are given 1st class status with better pay and working conditions and who were more respected by senior management than everyone else. There is a bullying and systematic racism culture within the business. I got rudely spoken to by line manager once, who refused to apologise for their rude remarks. When I threatened to report this to HR, I got punished with a fabricated performance review and a colleague of mine who was less experienced than me got promoted because of their close pubbing and golfing relationship with the line manager. My line manger then got rid of me in the first opportunity he had, which was through redundancy. I also had to listen to inappropriate racist and sexist remarks by some members of the teams that I had to work with. In 2020, a lot of people were made redundant at very short notice. Many of these people were veterans with 15+ years experience working at KBR. The senior management teams were not honest about why these redundancies took place and cited cost-cutting as the reason, but yet KBR continued to hire hundreds of graduates (so much for cost-cutting!). Its very white-dominated. Poor diversity & inclusion initiatives, which only exists on paper. Promotions and career opportunities depends on who you know and who you go drinking and golfing with.

2.0
Aug 27, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They try to pretend there are pros but not really

Cons

Racism, Discrimination, less pay more work

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