Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,435 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,435 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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3K reviews
1.0
Jan 22, 2015

Mid Michigan Mistake

Recommend
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Pros

Big company, gets away with a lot. Good people at the mid to lower levels. On commercial side you get to go to big events on the corporate card.

Cons

CEO is a bozo. No credibility. Strategy is incoherent. Shuffles leaders, managers, and presidents every 6-12 months. Nobody ever challenges him or they are gone. Sponsor the olympics for 10 years??? YOU ARE A CHEMICAL COMPANY NOT A CONSUMER FOCUSED COMPANY. What a waste of time and $$$ Again shareholder devalue. His #2 sitting in Europe is a waste of $$ to shareholders and has never done anything to create value. No respect for women in the executive wing. Awesome women who challenged Euro weenie were shown the door. The CEO was called the worst CEO ever by Mad Money and put on the wall of shame. CEOs went nuts and put a big $ push to all his CEO cronies to get that taken down. AND THYE DID! That should say it all. Also, look at the lawsuit by the female compliance officer First, decried here. and now, try to settle. Another waste of shareholder $$.

3.0
May 8, 2014

Engineers rule!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company, but not for marketing support employees, who are among the first to get purged in downsizing. Compensation is good, but save your money in case your "job is impacted."

Cons

-You're at a disadvantage if you're not an engineer--engineers can do anything, right?! -Company as a whole is not into quality of work. -Company is not good at marketing and spends heavily on outside consultants for new product development -Constant reorganizing . . .many bosses. -Lots of time and money spent on developing work processes that people don't follow

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