Eastman reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,484 total reviews)
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Mark J. Costa

42% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Eastman has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,484 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Eastman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Aug 11, 2023

More with Less

Recommend
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Pros

Great people that work for the company and very collaborative environment.

Cons

Very structured management with more layers being added every day. The turnover is impacting every employee in that they are not backfilling positions and expecting current employees to bear the weight of up to three peoples’ job responsibilities. Even when the employee goes to management they just give the same response that it is temporary but three years later is still the same. The benefits are getting cut back to the point they are below the industry and they are still looking for more opportunities to reduce that spend regardless of how it impacts employee morale. Even though they promote work life balance there was not one vacation that was not interrupted by a phone call or email that could have waited until return to office.

3.0
May 16, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

There are lots of really good people at Eastman. This company provided a living for my family for many years, for which I am so very thankful.

Cons

Eastman continues to regress in valuing its people and treating them right. I have seen some very talented and decent people (both professional and hourly) treated terribly wrong by the company. The company's line is always silence (and I understand the necessity of that), but they absolutely will not make right when they are wrong (which is more often than you could imagine. I have had direct reports royally screwed by HR and I couldn't do anything about it). I have witnessed a few good people ruined without just cause. Having said that, this is probably true with just about any company you work for, however, I have witnessed Eastman getting worse over the years, and it really saddens me.

2.0
Nov 20, 2022

Has become a people mill

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are competitive, even excellent in some cases. Some of the work, goals, and teams are interesting and engaging.

Cons

The pace and load of work has become excruciating. Management has become demanding with little to no consideration or compassion for the emotional well-being of their employees. Rushing to the next emergency effort to keep the dividends up has replaced thoughtful, well-planned, courageous team-centered leadership. Punishment and fear have replaced forward-thinking, employee-promoting, coaching and development. You are solely responsible for your mental, professional, and project health. This means that if you succeed, you race to the next project. If you fail, you will be "held accountable". This attitude is now pervasive within operations and technical support areas and is toxifying the teamwork that has made this company great in the increasingly distant past. Their company face is slick-marketed, but experienced, dedicated, caring people are being driven from the company at a sickening pace, leaving the operating and engineering core fragile at best.

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