Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,447 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

64% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,447 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jul 31, 2014

CBRE is not the answer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Dow has good retirement benefits, vacation, holidays, 401K

Cons

The company should not transfer its positions to contractors such as CBRE. CBRE works their people very hard and pays them very little. They will have 1 person do the work of 3 people. CBRE is equivalent to a glorified janitorial service. Also, the CBRE management is disorganized and they abuse their people, which in turn gives the customer (Dow) a bad name (as Dow has allowed contractors like CBRE to come in). Many people are wondering why Dow has allowed this to happen. In addition, Dow upper management should replace some of the Dow management that are not keeping a better eye on CBRE and what is really going on in Freeport and at the Houston Dow Center.

5.0
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

A lot of room for growth. Good people. Management is involved in daily activities, but in a good way. Flexible schedule to finish college.

Cons

Shift work, and maybe some negative coworkers are the only bad parts to this job, but that seems to be anywhere you go.

3.0
Jul 30, 2014

Dow management wants work done the Dow way.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They demand a safe environment for working in the lab and they pay well.

Cons

Everything has to be done the Dow way. Don't go there if you are an out-of-the-box thinker. That is not the Dow way. They believe that there must be a 10% turnover in personnel and they will have layoffs to meet their beliefs. They prefer yes men to people that get the job done.

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