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      Dow

      Engaged Employer

      Dow reviews

      3.8

      71% would recommend to a friend

      (3,452 total reviews)
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      Jim Fitterling

      62% approve of CEO

      41% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Dow has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,452 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
      2.0
      Oct 25, 2015

      Dow

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work life balance, if in the roles. Lots of opportunities.

      Cons

      Expectations to work over time. Lack of spending historically has led to huge lack of reliability. Very cyclic spending and work.

      2.0
      Oct 21, 2015

      Too many group decisions made by green new employees

      Mechanical engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I worked in R&D and it was fun working with prototype and experimental projects.

      Cons

      They are trying to push 6 Sigma philosophy down everyone's throat to the point you can't even make rudimentary decision without a group agreeing to it. Problem is, some occasions it's like having 6 janitors make engineering decisions.

      4.0
      Oct 15, 2015

      A very good company to work for

      Commercial manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1. You will be working for and with capable people. 2. No one joins Dow without knowing their stuff. NO ONE. 3. Bosses are generally good to fantastic. My boss continuously stresses that we must make Dow a great place to work and we feel it here. 4. Team members are encouraged to help one another, that's the company culture. We help our colleagues get sales from our customers, and they do the same. 5. Level of support and collaboration within the company is impressive. I am very inspired by the cooperation of my colleagues here. 6. There's never nothing to do here. Workload is high but manageable. You will be paid well and given good benefits but be prepared to have to work hard for it.

      Cons

      1. Company has been on many rounds of layoffs, not because it is losing money but because of the increasing profit targets set by management. Easiest way is to layoff staff and we lose good people in the process. 2. Too much focus on shareholder remuneration that it keeps getting repeated over and over again. Yes, it is good to reward shareholders for their investment and confidence in the company but don't forget your staff. 3. Been selling off business units even though they make money - just for short term capital gains to give out as dividends. How about investments for the future?

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