Does Buck Knives pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Buck Knives employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Buck Knives. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Buck Knives?

87% of Buck Knives employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Buck Knives 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Buck Knives?

Manager (3) , Assembly Line Worker (2) , Machine Operator (2)

What are the pros of working at Buck Knives according to real employee reviews?

"Along with a supportive back bone and great benefits to health an PTO." ((in 6 reviews)); "Work schedule is consistent, three day weekends, four weeks of PTO yearly (use it or lose it), great coworkers." ((in 5 reviews)); "It really cool to be around knives all day. 4 weeks PTO and good benefits." ((in 3 reviews)); "Great and friendly people to work with, we have a lot of fun and quite a bit of cookouts." ((in 3 reviews)); "life balance, great leadership, and an amazing company culture that truly sets it apart from other workplaces." ((in 2 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Buck Knives according to real employee reviews?

"Dusty, a bit noisy in a few places, pay is a bit low considering Spokane is a competitor for the labor." ((in 3 reviews))

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Buck Knives Reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

C. J. Buck

87% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Culture and values

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Diversity and inclusion

3.9

Senior management

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

Buck Knives has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Buck Knives employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

39 reviews

5.0

28 Sept 2015

I loved working for this company, everyone there is very nice and willing to help you if you get lost.

Packer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Excellent coworkers, great benefits, set work schedule, good wages, open door policy with the higher ups, and the company holds events for employees to keep them involved and happy.

Cons

A lot of loud noises, physically demanding, requires a lot of dexterity and concentration if you are on the shop floor or in shipping/receiving.

3.0

7 Dec 2022

Takes Grit

Assembly line worker

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Team=Family. Decent PTO. Employees are given incredible discounts and opportunities to win free knives. Decent company culture. MGMT expresses appreciation in various company-culture events like chili cookoff, halloween costume contest, xmas party, etc.

Cons

Training is messy and actually dangerous. Leadership = good people, but scatterbrained and stretched thin. New staff aren't shown knife safety. HR tends to hire anyone, even the obvious human-liability. Super high turnover as well. The norm is "hire 5, hope 1 stays."

2.0

27 June 2022

Bad Direction

Production

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Is a well known name brand company.

Cons

Buck used to be an amazing company. They now want to try to have their cake and eat it too. There is no clear direction on where they are taking the brand so they are no longer a low cost American made product yet no where near the quality of a Benchmade. They are stuck in limbo and continue to pressure production staff to do more and more with less and less. Benefits are consistently taken away and pay is terrible.

Buck Knives Response

We have been improving in all area the past 2 years. Most notable our Mission, Vision and Vales have greatly influenced a positive culture and resulted in our best 2 years in sales and financial metrics. Wages and total comp have significantly increase as well.

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Jobs at Buck Knives

USD 50K - USD 55K /yr

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