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Ascend Performance Materials

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3.0
Apr 5, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

New company aggressively growing share in market and consistently adding new business

Cons

Lots of change and turnover. Not growing teams to support growth of company. Management not engaged at site level. No training. Expectation to complete multiple ad-hoc projects at any given time with little direction.

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Pros

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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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