K-Swiss Reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)

Barney Waters

Not enough data to show CEO approval

36% positive business outlook

K-Swiss has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The K-Swiss employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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50 reviews
3.0
27 June 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nice brand great heritage classics

Cons

Bad leadership in the past

2.0
30 Aug 2017

Avoid this place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some good people trying to do good work.

Cons

Their annual review process is the worst I've ever experienced. Jump through a dozen hoops and maybe get a 1-3% raise at the end of it. But don't count on it. (You won't) The company is hemorrhaging money- you never know when the next mass layoff is going to happen, and if you're lucky enough to stay, enjoy your 3 new jobs (with no raise or bonus). The incompetence and disfunction of many key people is astounding. Morale is terrible, for obvious reasons.

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K-Swiss Response
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WOW! that is a really bad post. I guess I can only wish you all the best in your new role. I really do wish you would have come to visit with me, prior to departing or even better at the first issue. I cannot make things better or help you after the fact. So again I hope you are happy in your next adventure. However, for anyone else interested in hearing our side; our review process is actually really cool. Every employees (which we call team members) write our own goals and self review (there are of course some guard rails), but that is pretty cool, no one else makes up your goals, you do! It is also not mandatory. If you don't want to do the review process you don't have to do it. 3% raises are accurate and standard across our industry and honestly across most industries these days. The days of 8-10% raises are long gone unless you are in one of the bubble of the day industries. We also have best in class benefits, we actually provide a free health and dental plan for all team members! (ok no monthly contribution from our team members, but yes on co-pays, etc.) And we offer more really cool stuff for our team members. We also have been super lucky and thrilled to have some amazing team members who have exceeded all expectations and those team members regularly earn more than 3% raises every year. To respond to the next claim, we do not have any plans for mass lay offs planned and that is a cruel and unkind false statement to make. In 2013, our company was acquired and like during all acquisitions there are restructures. To be honest it was over 20 people from one location and based on headcount at the time, it did qualify as a mass lay off again in 2013. There are days when morale is bad for me and I love my job, but there are other days like our July Jega tournament, our 4 day 4th of July weekend, our Dodger Game nights or even today when morale is awesome. Only you can make you happy, but we try really hard to work hard and have fun! Thank you for reading this response to the end!
1.0
7 Oct 2024

Are you kidding me?

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Zero, since Xtep bought the brand it’s been a steeper down hill slide with very limited upside. Actually it’s a joke of a brand and leadership.

Cons

The new CEO, a recycled Kswiss CEO is joke. Self absorbed and all about himself. The CHRO leader is not qualified, during the interview process they kept asking for another meeting, another presentation, another, another. It was exhausting to say the least. I was offered the job. I worked at Kswiss for 6 months to be told they didn’t need this position. Total joke of a brand. Leadership is terrible with no upside in sight. Down sizing is the order of the day, I think they’ll down size until they’re out of business. I’ve never worked for a worse brand. That hires people, including their CEO as a test. To see if they can continue to add new people until they succeed. The new recycled CEO is a nice enough guy, but woefully under qualified to lead people. Ask any of the remaining employees, they’re all talking in hushed tones around the office about the pending doom of the brand. I wish I could say better things but sadly it’s a mess and getting worse by the day.

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