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Ascend Performance Materials

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Engineer - Anonymous employee Ascend Performance Materials Employee Review

1.0
Nov 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, pay, wellness program, and mostly friendly employees

Cons

Management does not give feedback until they are being pressured by their manager when things turn out poorly and then the tension is taken out on bottom rung employees. Leaders intentionally under spend on projects and then wonder why things turn out poorly and dysfunctional. Communication within the corporation stinks. Document management is nonexistent. There's a sense of only a few people being really knowledgeable about the process and these individuals will not share info unless poked with the right questions and they may help you or they may not (this may be related to the mass layoffs in 2008 which left many of the employees bitter and constantly attempting to justify their jobs).

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Pros

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Cons

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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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