Buck Knives reviews

4.3

87% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

C. J. Buck

87% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Buck Knives has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Buck Knives employee rating is 24% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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39 reviews
5.0
Sep 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent coworkers, great benefits, set work schedule, good wages, open door policy with the higher ups, and the company holds events for employees to keep them involved and happy.

Cons

A lot of loud noises, physically demanding, requires a lot of dexterity and concentration if you are on the shop floor or in shipping/receiving.

3.0
Dec 7, 2022

Takes Grit

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Team=Family. Decent PTO. Employees are given incredible discounts and opportunities to win free knives. Decent company culture. MGMT expresses appreciation in various company-culture events like chili cookoff, halloween costume contest, xmas party, etc.

Cons

Training is messy and actually dangerous. Leadership = good people, but scatterbrained and stretched thin. New staff aren't shown knife safety. HR tends to hire anyone, even the obvious human-liability. Super high turnover as well. The norm is "hire 5, hope 1 stays."

2.0
Jun 27, 2022

Bad Direction

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Is a well known name brand company.

Cons

Buck used to be an amazing company. They now want to try to have their cake and eat it too. There is no clear direction on where they are taking the brand so they are no longer a low cost American made product yet no where near the quality of a Benchmade. They are stuck in limbo and continue to pressure production staff to do more and more with less and less. Benefits are consistently taken away and pay is terrible.

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Buck Knives Response
2y
We have been improving in all area the past 2 years. Most notable our Mission, Vision and Vales have greatly influenced a positive culture and resulted in our best 2 years in sales and financial metrics. Wages and total comp have significantly increase as well.
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