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Ascend Performance Materials

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Most Hostile Place of Employment - Designer Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

1.0
May 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the Employees are really good people to work with.

Cons

*Bad Management. Management running departments and do not even know anything about the department they run. * No proper training * High stress environment * Higher expectations on certain employees with zero expectations for the Management and site leaders *Management over-paid because they don't even meet qualifications. *Designers train engineers how to read drawings but yet are treated like scum. *Engineers holding the title with no actual competency of engineering * Management yell and verbally abuse employees *Safety is always pushed but schedule dates trump doing things safely. They want it done as fast as possible and will cut all corners to meet the date. *Injuries occur almost daily * No one even acknowledges you when you walk down the hall * Everyone looks depressed daily * You never see anyone smile or appear happy to be working.

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5.0
Mar 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Really good culture with everyone

Cons

The company is not doing good financially

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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