field service technician

assembler

regional sales manager

accounting manager

forklift operator

Kärcher

In my experience with Karcher North America, the company’s Leadership and Management lack an understanding of how to assist new employees with orientation to the company and position, regardless of the exact Position or Department. This manifests itself in a variety of daily interactions: management consistently arrives at your desk to inquire about delays in the work process despite acknowledging the unusually large workload and provides little to no response when asked for direction or pointers with managing the workload. What I did learn during my time with the company was largely a result of my own ability to navigate the company’s SAP system and taking the initiative to seek informational resources outside of what was provided by Karcher. Completing the workload, documenting department processes, and training new and existing department members on those processes fell on the employee with limited assistance from Management or Leadership. Karcher’s Leadership and Management would like to portray a laid back workplace culture but ultimately cause further stress by reacting with little understanding and dismay if workers are stressed by the workload; the decision to focus on one’s work instead of engaging in conversation with coworkers or Management was often questioned by Management and interpreted as being closed off and/or being unable to manage stress. Positives are Karcher are the moderate compensation and great Benefit package that were offered at the time of my employment (Covid-19 Pandemic may impact this). 

Stay away from this company its a Cancer.....

Karcher from a product line perspective, has tremendous potential.  Unfortunately their senior leadership is tremendously lacking.  This year much like the last 5 years they released over a dozen senior managers and leaders in an effort to increase profits.  Removing duplication of efforts is one thing, but this organization is starved to have enough personnel to get the job done.  They should be focusing on how to increase market share, deliver on the sales their hard working reps or bringing in, rather than on who's position they can cut to improve the bottom line.  

It is a tragedy to see what they are doing to this organization and to the people who are working so hard to make this poorly managed company a success.  Hard to be positive when the only thing I can say to someone working or going to work their is good luck.  Even if your performing and exceeding expectations they will terminate you, without cause.  I honestly feel they make these cuts to avoid paying the well deserved bonuses these people have earned, highly unethical.  

This is not a family environment as they projected at my interviews.  Rather its a "what can you do for me today" environment with no regard for the people who work their or the impact on their families.

Let's start with the positives, the health insurance options are good.  If you're an exempt employee you can have as many days off as your manager will approve, normally 2-3 weeks. That's about it for good things. Here are the reasons you should consider not working here,
1) pay- there are no such thing as rasies here. The company struggles to turn a profit which is the only way to even get a chance to get paid more. Then if that happens you need to be a top performer year over year and have your manager like you enough to consider a very small 1-3% pay bump. There is a chance for a bonus but that hasn't happened in 3+ years and probably won't anytime soon because sales goals are unattainable.
2) middle management is clueless to it's employees moral and constantly asks for survey answer to guage feedback which with no change either continues to fall or stays the same because nothing is done. Which leads to..
3) laxk of real change- this will never be a better place to work because management always gives the answer this is how it's always done and stays the same or any changes are just repackaged old ideas. it keeps the bad people in power position and drives away any good or reasonable talent the company did have.

A typical day at work at Kärcher involved a strong focus on customer needs, sales execution, and coordinating with internal teams to ensure operational excellence. I learned a great deal about structured processes, customer-centric selling, and the importance of innovation in a global organization.

Management was professional and results-driven, with clear objectives and support for execution. The workplace culture emphasized quality, discipline, and continuous improvement, aligned with a global brand standard.

The hardest part of the job was balancing multiple priorities and managing high expectations in a competitive environment. However, this also pushed me to improve my time management and decision-making skills.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working with high-quality products, interacting with customers, and being part of a strong, respected global organization.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being on the road for 3/4 of your day

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It’s not stable or reliable work is hit or miss certain areas stay busy while others not so much they tend to micromanage and won’t supply any of the tools needed they expect you to provide everything and cold call to find your own work but they won’t compensate you if you sell any equipment or find any new business 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Your a remote field tech so everything is over the phone if you can catch anyone when you need them management usually stays in meetings 24/7 so your usually on your own 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wake up see if you have any new jobs if so travel to them and do what you can if there’s no work they will expect you to cold call or site visit to try to build your area but keep in mind if you sell any thing or gain any new customers you get no compensation for that other than a number added to your revenue which helps you get a bonus if you qualify that is

Karcher North America has given me tools needed to succeed in the workplace. I feel comfortable and secure in my current position.

I personally enjoy my current position because it allows me to understand almost every aspect of manufacturing. This comes with a lot of responsibility and accountability, which I also enjoy.  

On the downside: there have been major downsizing projects to the labor force company wide in the two years I have been employed here. 

While Karcher North America seeks to advance, progress, and innovate new ways to operate efficiently; there are areas needing overhaul.  I am confident in the years to come that we will be a well oiled machine that operates efficiently, and we will give all employees a sense of satisfaction from working here. 

Management is fair and sympathetic. They work to meet all employees needs and concerns, while working for the overall advancement of the company. They understand that each employee is vital to operation and business, which makes for a happier workplace.

first off, the hours are incredibly long. You don't have time to go to the gym unless you want to lose sleep and not have a life. They let go of people when they said they weren't going to and when they changed management, everyone seemed to have went on vacation who was supposed to be running the place. They promised they could reduce the hours, they said they didn't have the money to bring in more people and when demand was too great when they reduced hours they found money in their pocket all of a sudden to bring more people in. But no one wants to work for a company that literally zaps away your life. Sales reps were screaming at receiving to put stuff into stock when only three people would handle loads of product that come in daily. and when it got into stock, sales reps would yell at shipping because their order hadn't been filled in two days. the incompetence was high! You have to make sure you have supply and demand and the workers to meet it. This place is a joke and they should have kept their shipping manager, it would have saved them a lot of trouble.

My average day consist of tearing apart molds and refilling with plastic powder. We use overhead cranes, and power tools to demold and insert metal nuts which then rotates in a furnace. with a crew of 6 were able to prepare the plastic material, rotate the molds that are on the machine, and trim the finished product. 

The part that can be the most challenging is the fast pace you need to maintain no matter how complex the mold arrangement is or the various problems that can come up. When the plastic sticks to aluminum, or when theirs contamination in the plastic. Even with these problems the best part of the job is how efficiently all my coworkers help each other. Through everyone's professionalism, proactive work ethic, and attention to details we produce a large amount of quality products. 

Thank you for reading my overview of the karcher company. I hope to hear from you and further grow in the welding industry.

Karcher used to be a lovely place to work. We had great management, a great team, support of growth and development and a wonderful work life balance until recently.  The new management here has created an extremely toxic, stressful and unhappy environment for almost everyone underneath them. Management is not above advancement by stepping all over everyone else to elevate their own self. There is no longer a flexible schedule, micromanaging is in full effect,  there are no boundaries when it comes to comments or insults made towards employees, unrealistic expectations set by someone who is unknowledgeable, no support for growth, no voice or say in anything, no appreciation, an entire department experiencing physical symptoms of a daily high stress environment, the list can go on.  At this rate, Karcher will lose a good majority of an entire department if this continues. 

There are many employees who work hard in the warehouse, however you will be overworked for the pay you receive. As warehouse personal you will be undervalued however you are what drives the company. Much of the company will ignore your contribution but many of the jobs performed in the warehouse are integral to the company. Overall, I became burn out in less than 6 months and they want you to work 10 hours a day with some Saturdays being mandatory. You will have to work there until 630 pm and while many of your employees give it their all the culture and management do very little to support you and thank you for your hard work. I think there are better jobs out there and the company should be paying their warehouse employees significantly more as the mood in the warehouse has suffered greatly because they are treated as second class employees. The plus of this job is they seem to give anyone a chance so if you need a 2nd chance perhaps this would work for you.

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