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Ascend Performance Materials

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Overall Ascend is a safe place to work and continues improving. - Engineer Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

3.0
Jan 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Overall Ascend is a safe place to work] 2. Company is doing very well financially. 3. Sales Team has done a great job to keep product lines sold out and Plant has done well to keep equipment running. 4. Overall considering economy company has done well. 5. Company is continually making improvements and is building new plants.

Cons

1. Company misses the easy things to repair: 2. Creating a team environment is sometimes a challenge. 3. Leadership is slow to make decisions. 4. Overall this could be a great place. It is a good place and the leadership is trying to make it a great place. 5. While company has done very well financially reduced benefits are still in place. 6. Standard work week.

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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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