Balkamp Reviews

2.6

36% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Tip Tollison

45% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Balkamp has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Balkamp employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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39 reviews
2.0
25 Jan 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Health insurance, dental and vision offered 401(k) and stock purchase program Decent pay, unless you are degreed and then it's just okay Free turkey at Thanksgiving

Cons

Cultural divide between hourly and salaried employees is insulting at best Incompetent middle management "Big brother" corporate culture No opportunities for advancement in most positions Degrees/higher education are not valued No sick time -- must use vacation time or make up hours No COLA or merit increases Management will call your bonus a "raise" but it is paid in lump sum and not cumulative No established systems in place for ANYTHING, as a result your boss won't know what his own job is let alone be able to offer guidance to new hires Demeaning "occurrence" system for handling absences/tardies rather than actually dealing with employees that are a problem New projects and work added habitually without consideration of job title or compensation Managers openly take credit for the hard work of hourly employees at HQ-wide meetings

1.0
24 Apr 2019

Horrible upper management.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only good thing about working with this terrible company is the cool people you get to meet

Cons

Everything about this company is horrible if you want a dead end job this is the job for you. If you are happy not learning anything to help you succeed in life and happy making 20$ an hour the rest of your life then this job is for you. If you are a trained monkey then this job is for you

1.0
13 Sept 2017

Worst job ever!

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The only Pro I can think of is pay and you make friends of coworkers I emphasize coworkers

Cons

This is the worst job I've ever had in my entire life they pay you so good that you will not leave but they use it against you to treat you like crap and a pack mule if they paid you any less nobody would work here I worked here for a very long time and when you first worked there you think the harder you work the better you'll move up it's not you could literally slack off or be the hardest worker and it won't make a difference there is no way to move up unless someone either dies or retires after 40 + years of working there and that's only if you are liked by the management which is not likely at all unless you're a jerk too. The bosses will give you a candy bar on Friday on your way out the door with them staring you down expecting you to come back even if you say hi to them they act like you're a nuisance and bugging them the management their needs all fired and they need to hire brand new fresh people all the management there were high school friends and are not qualified to even have the jobs there in the old HR that worked there didn't even have a college degree he was just there because they were high school friends he finally messed up bad enough that they fired him if you want to get paid a measly $19 an hour to get the crap beaten out of you and your mental state to be questioned because they deteriorate it every single day then by all means go work there at a high school job not a career also extremely unsafe they have a Safety Committee that doesn't get to do anything they only keep up on safety when OSHA comes to inspect the building other than that I'm shocked nobody has died there at least not in the time I was there no one did save yourself the trouble and never work at this place the management is very two-faced so I'm sure on this public website they will comment thanks so much for your feedback blah blah blah yet I've seen there other face and it is sure ugly

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Balkamp Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a response for Balkamp! Over 10 years is an amazing accomplishment and we thank you for your services! We are sorry you feel as though you weren't valued as an employee, we are who we are because of our employees. We will look into where the issue might be so employees do not feel as though management "act like you're a nuisance and bugging them." Please know we take pride in the solidarity of our teams and safety is and always will be the top priority for Balkamp. We are proud to say that safety awareness and prevention has not only improved over the years but have only received high scores on our audits along with low incident rates. We will however continue to evaluate different ways to keep our employees engaged in a safe and healthy work environment.
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