Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,434 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 3,434 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
3.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Worked at Deer Park site, former Rohm and Haas plant. Fast paced and chaotic atmosphere good for building troubleshooting skills. Not a boring place to be.

Cons

Knocked two stars off overall rating solely due to my experience at Deer Park. Almost 10 years after Dow bought out Rohm and Haas, Deer Park is still very far behind in implementing established Dow work processes. The most fundamental work processes are often questioned and/or ignored here. Younger employees or heritage Dow employees have a difficult and frustrating time working with the heritage Rohm and Haas employees. Rohm and Haas had a culture of changing parts to keep units running instead of trying to address root causes. I feel this site in particular is a sinking ship and that Dow may choose to sell or close the plant down in the future. There is also an awful lot of gossip and childish behavior at this site. I have worked at several other Dow sites across the USA and have never experienced such pettiness among adults.

2.0
Jun 29, 2018

Golden Handcuffs

Recommend
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Pros

Fairly decent pay and medical health insurance plan. Annual raises, although they are pretty small, typically. On the job training.

Cons

No work/life balance; mandatory overtime and years spent on an overnight shift trying to make it to a daytime shift. Poorly executed performance reviews; completed by management personnel that have only talked to you a handful of times instead of people who actually work with you day-to-day. Strict policies regarding safety and harsh punishments, despite management not fully understaning them or how they pertain to our facility. Too much corporate bureaucracy that prevents anything from ever getting done. Those who do take an inovative initiative end up punished. Employees that utilize federally protected and/or company provided benefits end up on management's naughty list, which severely impacts chances for a promotion, raise or shift transfer.

2.0
Apr 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work hours, good benefits, unlimited family / personal sick days, nice cafeteria and fitness center.

Cons

Not the same company I hired in to (>15 yrs ago). People are spread too thin with way too many projects. Management seems totally out of touch. Too much emphasis on adding "extras" to your job role (that ultimately have no bearing on your performance review). Overreaching, cumbersome safety programs.

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