Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,442 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

64% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,442 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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4.0
Aug 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Coming out of college you will work in a job with responsibilities that are truly business critical. Opportunities exist across all functions within business services, including operations, logistics, purchasing, I/S, planning, scheduling, modeling, business consulting, and improvement functions. Even though a majority of the jobs are located in middle of no-where Midland, MI, you come in with a network of 50+ young professionals who've graduated college in the last 2 years. Other job opportunities are available in Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, an Indianapolis. Excellent ability to learn and develop skills much higher than what one would expect in first few years out of school.

Cons

Performance Review and promotional system can be a little discouraging if you are a hard worker looking to get ahead in the first few years of your career. Length of 3 rotations and are uncertain, as well as whether you will complete all 3 rotations (i.e. if you feel ready to move out into a full time job, you let leaders know and will will be moved).

4.0
Aug 21, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are great. THere are several opportunities for advancement, you just have to make sure that you are well versed in the company's main goals. A lot of the employees have been there for a very long time, which I think is a plus!

Cons

It seems like your always working. You hand is constantly glued to your blackberry. While there is a balance of work-family life, sometimes its hard to differintiate the two.

3.0
Aug 18, 2012

Megacorp

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Deep pockets, good market penetration, focused on cost control.

Cons

Focus on cost control, unusual operational structure at site level. Not unusually for a publicly owned company possibly too focused on short term earnings; a longer view would be helpful but again, par for the course.

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