Axalta reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(538 total reviews)

Chris Villavarayan

79% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Axalta has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 538 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Axalta 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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538 reviews
3.0
Jul 23, 2014

AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS --- HONEST REVIEW

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Salaries are very competitive, particularly for new hires coming from the outside.

Cons

As typical when a financial firm buys a mfg. business, the focus is only on the $$. New Leadership has no respect for employees who came with the business and is instead calling "old friends" to bring them in and replace existing management. The "worker bees" are dropping like flies, leaving for greener pastures, or being let go, while middle management is being staffed from the outside. I predict within 6 months there will be glass offices filled with newly hired managers/directors, with no one to manage, as employees with any knowledge and experience in the coatings business are all applying for careers with other companies.

1.0
Feb 21, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great Pay and cash match Being sold to Carlisle Group

Cons

Have been saying "Do More with Less" so long, all fat and muscle has been cut, now down to bone. Management all using 30 year old business strategies. Many corporate managers of many things, each with an agenda, none communicate with each other so not at all aligned, sometimes conflicting, often redundant. New employees get nowhere near the same benefits, trainings, and opportunities as pre-2007 employees. Self insured, lousy benefits. Create unnecessary internal standards for themselves that are counterproductive and usually do not add any value. Impractical approach to ethics and safety that creates a culture of extreme monotony and is ineffective on many levels. Worst people treatment I've ever seen in a company despite non-descriminatory policies. Good ol boys clubs Some positions are pure scape goat / burn out, others are chubby complacency. Not balanced. Throw you under a buss mentality. Other than PSM, purely reactionary to crises rather than pro-active. Value profit more than employees. So top heavy, people on the bottom get crushed.

3.0
Jun 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Good pay and benefits -Great people to work with -Fun and interesting projects -Challenging work environment with potential to grow in your career

Cons

-Top performers get slammed with the work, while poor performers get out of doing their own work because "they just don't want to do it" -Management talks the talk but then doesn't support you when you need it -Work-life balance was nonexistent

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