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Momentive Performance Materials

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PE and GE ruined two legacies in silicone history - Toshiba and OSi - Sales Representative Momentive Performance Materials Employee Review

1.0
Nov 20, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Company still have some technology left. Wish the owner can sell for a good price.

Cons

- too many people pretending to work but lip services more than real result - too many re-org in a short time, all employees are looking for opportunity outside - company culture has too much bad influence from GE - almost all senior management are finance guys, no one really knows silicone industry and doesn't care about the industry development at all - dragging too long in switching from regional focus to SBU focus...however the transition is a total failure! Both powers are still fighting that make the front-line people completely exhausted - 100% financial driven...never care about product leadership, service excellency and customer intimacy! - management only use never-ending meetings, reviews and computer systems to manage the employees so that smart employees only use spreadsheets, charts, powerpoints and bluffing speech to keep their job - management have blind faith on numbers and metrics but never have an integrated picture and understanding of the whole business. ..well, in fact, it is common for all USA MBA - morale, ethics, discipline and atmosphere are horrible in the work place...no mutual trust between management and employees at all... - although there are so many check-and-balance in the operating system, integrity issue is serious in MPM because employees feel no future in this company

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Friendly colleagues and flexible hours.

Cons

As an international company with employees working in different time zones, it sometimes gets difficult to communicate with colleagues. This may sometimes lead to unusual office hours.

1.0
Jul 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-There are no positive benefits to this site. -If you're fresh out of school and desperately need a job, they're always hiring. -Union employee's want to do the right thing but get no support.

Cons

-This is a dying business, and therefore there is no investment. -Worst corporate and local management I have ever seen. -Very unsafe, -Different rules for different people. -Want you to come in off hours just to make the management feel good. -Last in all metrics. -Corporate HR lies, and got arrested. -Dirty because their dust collector is inefficient and under sized. -Senior positions are boomers that just want to coast.

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