Does Ascend Performance Materials pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ascend Performance Materials employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ascend Performance Materials. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ascend Performance Materials?

35% of Ascend Performance Materials employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ascend Performance Materials 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ascend Performance Materials?

Engineer (22) , Operations (12) , Chemical Operator (8) , Intern (8) , Manager (8) , Process Operator (8) , Processor (8) , Manufacturing Engineer (6) , Operator (5) , (4) , Anonymous (4) , Chemical Engineer (4) , Maintenance (4) , Maintenance Technician (4) , Process Technician (4)

What are the pros of working at Ascend Performance Materials according to real employee reviews?

"great people and working 4/10s" ((in 45 reviews)); "The benefits are good." ((in 28 reviews)); "Coworkers good." ((in 9 reviews)); "It was a good work environment" ((in 8 reviews)); "Great team to work with." ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ascend Performance Materials according to real employee reviews?

"bonus? yeah don't even think about it, like others said, no bonus for 2 years now" ((in 13 reviews)); "new so dealing with growing pains, poor communication" ((in 12 reviews)); "This leads to a poor work/life balance, poor morale and quick burnout." ((in 10 reviews)); "Work/home life is non existent unless you're on top of the OT list, leadership is abysmal." ((in 9 reviews)); "Nothing will change for the better as the upper management avoids changing anything." ((in 8 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ascend Performance Materials layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ascend Performance Materials layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ascend Performance Materials in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Ascend Performance Materials locations?

Houston , Pensacola , Alvin , Decatur , Greenwood , Chocolate Bayou , Cantonment , Foley , Greenville , New York , Norman , Raleigh , Keller , Liverpool , Pearland , Gonzalez , Curl Tex Colonia

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Ascend Performance Materials

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

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

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

May 25, 2023

Want experience? Good to go. Want a career? Run.

Process technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job. Get your experience and get the hell out of there.

Cons

Bonus is a joke. If we make it a top 5 record profit year and get a bonus that is less than half a day of OT (haha what's OT anymore, am I right?), it is a slap in the face, when the plant right next good pays out 10-20% of gross yearly income of each employee, for maintaining the standard.

Ascend Performance Materials Response

Our people's career development is one of our highest priorities. This year we launched Ascend University with both online and in-person training for both technical and leadership skills, and we relaunched our mentoring program. Last year, we published our 2030 Vision, a set of nine sustainability targets, and two of the goals are related to career development. Our leaders are people too. If your leader is not regularly giving you opportunities for growth or constructive feedback on your performance, we encourage you to let your site leader or HR business partner know. Even leaders have areas they need to improve. - Osama Khalifa, sr. communications manager

1.0

Apr 7, 2024

Not The Company It Was

Employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pros are the real employees that make the company.

Cons

APM has totally tanked this company. The worst organizational structure ever seen in a business. APM has more managers for managers and none with no value or direction except demanding others to do unnecessary work. It would benefit them to sell but as much as we're worth in $$, we're worthless. You have to sell dirt cheap.

2.0

Dec 28, 2023

Let the good managers lead and kick out the awful ones

Accountant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have a team of very supportive individuals.

Cons

The leadership of this company is compromised of a mix of good and awful managers. But despite the existence of many good ones, the awful ones are the most vocal. These rude and toxic managers are the ones who yell the loudest and speak the most in the workplace. The leadership should do something about this by replacing all the horrible managers,

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