Komatsu Chicago reviews

3.9

30% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)
avatar

Kunio Noji

3% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Employees in Chicago IL have given Komatsu a rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most employees have a good working experience in Chicago IL. The Komatsu employee rating in Chicago IL is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

21 reviews
3.0
22 Apr 2026

Brand name looks good, but company is performative.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A name brand company is always nice to have on a resume, Employees are generally nice. They care about safety. They have a lot of "town halls" to give you updates about financials. They want internal employees to apply for jobs if they become available. Benefits are decent - they have the minimal to entice good employees.

Cons

Four days in office, even if you were initially hired into the company as a 2 day remote employee. Office is loud and cold. There isn't even enough space but you must come into office to sit on the meetings on Teams. You will get between 0 and 3% raises and you will be told that there is not way to "exceed expectations" but you will be required to and will ambush you to create performance reviews. A giant issue is on it's way to Komatsu - all of their employees are retiring. They are all retiring right now and they are not training others to fill the roles and the next 5 years are going to be painful. Those retiring - they've seen the company go from an amazing company with pensions, extra time off, and extravagant Christmas parties to what they are today - greedy overlords with BYO food for a mid-day Christmas party lunch. It's unfortunate.

5.0
22 Apr 2025

great company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

great company and management to work for

Cons

audits are repetitive, no room for growth

Viewing 1 - 3 of 21 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,223 Komatsu reviews submitted anonymously by Komatsu employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Komatsu is right for you.