Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,451 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,451 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
May 5, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours and good operators.

Cons

Operators make less on base salary but double my annual pay with their O.T. Micro management. Dow preaches globalism but 65 different depts. at Texas Operations have 65 different goals. Dow is divesting their businesses after Blue Cube carve out to Olin.

3.0
May 2, 2015

CSR

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A very diversified company. You daily deal with people from all over the globe

Cons

there is no much career growth in some of the functions

3.0
Apr 29, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Somewhat flexible work hours Strong projected safety emphasis (although often overshadowed by ridiculous compliance requirements) Very good vacation Very good health benefits Fair pay

Cons

From my own perspective, Dow Chemical is a far worse company to work for now than it was not so many years ago and it's not getting better. As at least one other reviewer has stated, there is far too much emphasis on EBITDA and far too little on the fuel that runs the engine - the employees! Is the "Human Element" just an empty slogan? Leaders overcommit personnel to too many projects which yields "half-baked" research and missed opportunities for employees to gain in-depth knowledge about the science they're involved with. This all leads to an unnecessary level of stress and low job satisfaction. Young, inexperienced leaders are making decisions on behalf of their personnel resources without a good understanding of their capabilities and desires. Input from subordinates is often only solicited after the fact. True personal safety has become overshadowed by a ridiculously convoluted and disjointed compliance program! The number of online training modules is overwhelming and largely ineffective.

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