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Ascend Performance Materials

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Ascend Performance Materials reviews

3.0

35% would recommend to a friend

(386 total reviews)

Patrick Schumacher

16% approve of CEO

6% positive business outlook

Ascend Performance Materials has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 386 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ascend Performance Materials 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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386 reviews
1.0
Mar 21, 2017

AWFUL COMPANY

Recommend
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Pros

There is really a lot of good things about this place. The best thing about this place is that it is a job.

Cons

The management SUCKS, the place is filthy as well as DANGEROUS. Al they want is more and more, with no thought of your life or safety.

1.0
Nov 15, 2015

Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, pay, wellness program, and mostly friendly employees

Cons

Management does not give feedback until they are being pressured by their manager when things turn out poorly and then the tension is taken out on bottom rung employees. Leaders intentionally under spend on projects and then wonder why things turn out poorly and dysfunctional. Communication within the corporation stinks. Document management is nonexistent. There's a sense of only a few people being really knowledgeable about the process and these individuals will not share info unless poked with the right questions and they may help you or they may not (this may be related to the mass layoffs in 2008 which left many of the employees bitter and constantly attempting to justify their jobs).

2.0
May 20, 2015

engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

can gain valuable experience; people are nice; easy drive to work; good work/life balance

Cons

difficult to move upward within the company; organization is continuously changing; no clear career paths exist; upper leadership tends to "wait" instead of leading/deciding path forward; leadership leans more on outside opinions rather than internal team recommendations

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Ascend Performance Materials Response
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We are always interested in helping our team explore career paths – both traditional ones and less typical ones like mine (engineering to HR). I’d like to hear more of your thoughts on how we can best meet your goals. Drop me an email and we can set up a time to talk further. All the best, Malcolm (moneal@ascendmaterials.com, 713-315-5795 office/direct)
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