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Ascend Performance Materials

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Worst job - Chemical Operator Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

1.0
Apr 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pays more than what any restaurant can pay

Cons

Underpaid for the amount of work you do. Equipment is 60+ years old, ALWAYS unscheduled maintenance and shutdowns , they don't hire fast enough to fill spots we need to combat overtime . Work/home life is non existent unless you're on top of the OT list, leadership is abysmal. No alignment with anyone top to bottom other than one supervisor who actually knows what's going on, in one unit you do more work and learn more stuff than any other unit and they still get paid the same for less of everything. Everything is made harder for an operator, no investment in training and equipment, everything is bandaided to keep rates up instead of actually fixing stuff. No bonuses even when you outperform expectations and stay safe. People in administrative building get fed like kings while operators get fed like children in order to "boost morale". Engineers are always swapped around and the new ones assigned to a part of the unit basically have to figure everything out before they can really help us out. But engineer turnover rates are high and there's alot of inadequate engineers too and they always fire them

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5.0
Mar 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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