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Ascend Performance Materials

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engineer - Anonymous employee Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

2.0
May 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

can gain valuable experience; people are nice; easy drive to work; good work/life balance

Cons

difficult to move upward within the company; organization is continuously changing; no clear career paths exist; upper leadership tends to "wait" instead of leading/deciding path forward; leadership leans more on outside opinions rather than internal team recommendations

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Ascend Performance Materials Response
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We are always interested in helping our team explore career paths – both traditional ones and less typical ones like mine (engineering to HR). I’d like to hear more of your thoughts on how we can best meet your goals. Drop me an email and we can set up a time to talk further. All the best, Malcolm (moneal@ascendmaterials.com, 713-315-5795 office/direct)

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