Avient reviews

3.3

39% would recommend to a friend

(477 total reviews)
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Dr. Ashish K. Khandpur

47% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Avient has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 477 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Avient 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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477 reviews
2.0
Sep 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

High minded goals from CEO - transform from commodity products to specialty solutions Good training opportunities (Six Sigma) Fantastic pay and bonuses

Cons

Dull product line and tough to move away from nickel & dime commodity polymers Management approach to people is toxic - very old school and manipulative. They preach collaboration and innovation, but it is every man for himself. Workforce is a weird mix of beat down old timers, MBA wonderkids, and obnoxious arrogant castoffs from other big polymer companys. Executive management lacks any real vision or ability to motivate. They could accomplish so much if they really figured out how to work collaboratively. They pay ridiculous bonuses every spring and you see a lot of good people who cash in and leave after a few years because it is just too demoralizing to work in that environment.

2.0
Jan 18, 2016

IT Analyst

Recommend
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Pros

My team was phenomenal, made a lot of great friends there. You're never bored as there is always some project you are working on, in addition to your daily fire fighting. Compensation was competitive for the area.

Cons

Zero work-life balance, communication between executives and ground floor employees is completely broken making it hard to understand the company vision. You will be run into the ground, you will have to follow processes for the sake of a following a process. Talent recruitment is a joke and consistently bring in the wrong employees, rewarding the subpar workers while the "rock-stars" are taken for granted and treated poorly - leading to high turnover or a crushed soul. You will be told what to do, while being asked for your input just to have your PROFESSIONAL recommendations ignored - leaving you dead inside. Zero room for vertical movement, as it's mostly the old timers who are coasting to retirement with little desire to stop cashing their paychecks. Overall compensation when it came to your job description was fair, however, you will be required to do mostly things outside of your job description, making it actually very poor compensation.

2.0
Jul 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and incentive are VERY good. Company is very focused on making certain that salaried corporate individuals always hit incentive targets, they have never missed. At the plants, the business places unrealistic and unattainable targets which are based on prior year performance.

Cons

Extremely political organization who is shortsighted in the plans for the future. It is an organization where you should not go against the grain, or you will be blacklisted. When negotiating your starting salary, make certain to get as much as you can. There is very little promotions from the inside. There is little to no work / life balance. Expectations for excellence in everything you do with tight timelines is unrealistic.

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