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Ascend Performance Materials

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Not investing in self - Engineer Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

2.0
Mar 28, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good medical benefits, good coworkers. Current problems fixable by investment and upper management turnover.

Cons

Reliability issues because low capex and maintenance investment makes job harder. Zero 2021 bonus because ebitda didn’t hit target, but should have been fractional (actual/target). If they don’t invest in people or plants either management is looking to sell company or too greedy or CEO wasn’t strong enough with owners (imho). And the relatively small, but visible “pet project” doesn’t count - obviously the science won’t work, and we’ll need to abandon it. Change is inevitable.

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5.0
Mar 12, 2026
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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
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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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