Ship lost its rudder - Project Management KBR Employee Review

1.0
12 May 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Heritage Process License company (MW Kellog Days). Had their market niche that worked well with both rising and falling energy markets... good mix of chem / refining / oil-gas production / LNG process licenses.

Cons

MW Kellog became KBR... but really became Brown Root construction co take-over of Process License Engineering Company. Construction usually has lion's share of project budgets, so B&R managmet gutted the C-level of former MW Kellog. This disaster resulted in Halliburton spinning them off. No help, as damage was already done. Now with energy at rock bottom, they dont have any market differentiator.

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Cons

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Pros

Flex time within a pay month, flexible schedules, an outstanding benefits package including a 401k retirement plans with 100% match on 6% of pretax and Roth contribution elections, several investment options, personalized financial planning through fidelity, employee stock purchase program, student debt retirement savings match program, and HSA options; several health insurance options with a wide range of monthly premiums and available benefits, FSA, HSA, vision, dental (Delta Dental), tuition assistance, PTO, holidays, and much more.

Cons

No automatic/across the board annual cost of living pay adjustments, only 5.3 hours total of PTO (with milestone increases for incumbents) each pay period (no separate sick, personal, annual, vacation, etc.), only 9 paid holidays with one floating holiday, no official employee evaluations or measured expectations, many employment pros and cons are dependent on supervisor on the contract - not corporate.

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