What's the culture at KKR?
I'm interviewing for a PM/BA role at KKR and unfortunately don't have a single connection there. I'm interested to know what the culture is like there. Long hours, Friendly/ toxic environment, etc.
What is KKR?
Private equity
You work at Wells and don't know KKR?
Are you asking about the IT team or for the investment side ?
The role is part of the technology organization - enterprise process engineering.
Got it. Not a lot of info on the IT culture. All I have seen is a lot of turnover since the new head of tech came along about two years back.
Not long hours, but it’s not 9-5. Some teams are friendly, some are not. Culture is in flux with new leadership. There are opportunities and challenges everywhere.
Can you elaborate on "not long hours but it's not 9-5"? I've been working 10-12 hour days every single day since the pandemic started and it works for some but, I'm so burnt out. Trying to navigate away from places that don't have work/life balance.
The financial industry is very much about having "butts in seats". They want you in the office roughly 9-10 hours a day. Think 9-6 or 9:30-6:30
My comment a couple of years out of date, but I can tell you that tech at KKR is pretty relaxed. It's mostly "good enough" people throughout the techteams, and there are a handful of highly competent guys sprinkled around who are a critical lynchpin of their domains. Its a PE firm so no one outside tech cares about the tech teams. The SF office is great, and in the NY office tech has its own floor so they don't have to wear ties. Its biz casual and dress shoes every day.
Thanks for the info. This is for the NY office. I'd be curious to see if that culture has stuck around through the pandemic/wfh.
Hi - did you ever get the role or accept? I was in the EPE team at KKR for a few months and disliked it. Poor culture, politics and very dismissive of opinions and suggestions.
Which one of the owners? I hear Roberts is nice, never met the guy though.
What's IPL? My only point of reference right now is glassdoor and they have a fairly high overall company rating.