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Ascend Performance Materials

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Life at Ascend - Anonymous employee Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

4.0
Oct 26, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people, some good managers, laid back environment, no traffic on commute to work, so that is worth something

Cons

old plant, not enough investment in infrastructure, changing priorities, upper level management keeps changing so the direction of company does too

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5.0
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Pros

Really good culture with everyone

Cons

The company is not doing good financially

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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