Ascend Performance Materials reviews

Long term culture does not show improvement. Company focuses on 1-2 year planning, not 5-15 year plans or goals. Poor leadership on the small to large scale- If you have a great leader, you may be covered. But, when you're visible all the way up the chain you're held accountable for matters that are outside the scope of your knowledge and responsibility. Compensation/Benefit package needs improvement. Communication is very poor. Company suffers from the "Too many chiefs, not enough Indians" syndrome in every line of management. Corporate office and leadership track is about who you know, not what value you bring or how much you accomplish. Goals and objectives are very disconnected to what employees really need/want both in manufacturing and corporate environments. Company focuses on easy wins, with little to no focus on critical matters of personal and commercial business.

- New owners are a private equity group and have cut 401k match in half (from 7% to 3.5%) - Management canceled 9x80's alternative work schedule (every other Friday off) - Extremely high expectations + Expect to work a 50 to 60 hr work week to be an average performer. + New owners are requiring EVERYONE to work on large team cost savings projects as well as perform normal job duties. - Extremely high turnover rate + 7 out of 10 production engineers have left the company in the last 12 months + Almost half of the all the engineers in the plant have quit. - Inability to attract new engineers. In the last two years the plant has been unable to hire more than a couple of new engineers. - As time goes by pay is not competitive as HR doesn't follow an organized pay structure. Pay increases above the rate of inflation are rare except if you are a top performer (top 5%). - Extremely low moral - Plant is a long drive from Houston and is in the middle of nowhere