Some plants are older and therefore have more equipment failures and injuries due to the never ending craft work required to keep the plant running. If you're placed at an old plant, you will work the hardest and be treated the worst. Leaders are usually engineers with little technical experience but are more qualified to be your boss since they have an engineering degree. If you’re at an old plant prepare to be called out all the time in the middle of the night. Some call-outs are unnecessary and can wait until the morning and if you tell your leader they will say nothing can be done because operations takes priority over maintenance. The tuition reimbursement program is a complete joke and a total lie. Most employees are so over-worked that furthering education is not doable. In my situation my boss gave me the run around for years and ultimately I pursued a job elsewhere because Dow does not want you to progress unless you're an engineer. Oh, I also forgot to mention that working in a plant with carcinogens is statistically proven to shorten your life span. I know of at least 3 active employees that died from cancer during my few years there and thats not including the several retirees that came down with cancer.
