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Ascend Performance Materials

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Sr. leadership has little tolerance/respect for peoples' lives outside of work. - Anonymous employee Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

2.0
Oct 24, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most people at my location were very smart and capable. Excellent teamwork.

Cons

Recently established, privately held company is establishing a large (and expensive) bureaucracy also know as corporate HQ. These very political execs create a lot of non-value added work for staff as they jockey for position. All hat, no cattle ...

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Pros

- 401k match is above industry standard - New CEO doing things differently. Seems to be working so far. - Refreshed focus on plant reliability - No longer going after pipe dream projects with no immediate benefits. - Good base pay

Cons

- Lots of turnover, doing more with less - Still recovering from CH11 - No real bonus in years

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