Is Lubrizol a good company to work for?

Lubrizol has an overall rating of 2.9 out of 5, based on over 1,144 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 46% of employees would recommend working at Lubrizol to a friend and 43% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Lubrizol have been left by employees working as Intern , Chemical Operator and Lab Technician .

Does Lubrizol pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lubrizol employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lubrizol. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lubrizol?

46% of Lubrizol employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lubrizol 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lubrizol?

Estagiário (31) , Intern (24) , Lab Technician (15) , Process Engineer (14) , Manager (13) , Chemical Operator (12) , Account Manager (10) , Engineer (10) , Operations (10) , Financial Analyst (8) , Product Manager (8) , Production Operator (8) , Scientist (8) , Data Scientist (6) , Director (6)

What are the pros of working at Lubrizol according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and some strong industry leaders to learn from." ((in 81 reviews)); "Great benefits and 401K." ((in 74 reviews)); "Decent pay stable good pay" ((in 47 reviews)); "There's a great culture at Lubrizol and they have interesting challenges that were enjoyable to work on." ((in 38 reviews)); "Work life balance was good" ((in 34 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lubrizol according to real employee reviews?

"Poor strategy and management." ((in 52 reviews)); "new upper management has been making some large changes." ((in 16 reviews)); "Low salary compared to other players" ((in 15 reviews)); "management struggled to find good managers" ((in 13 reviews)); "New CEO was bad for company." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lubrizol layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lubrizol layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lubrizol in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Lubrizol locations?

Wickliffe , Cleveland , Deer Park , Brecksville , Houston , Painesville , Franklin , Avon Lake , Corona , Louisville , Gastonia , Bowling Green , Bethlehem , Wilmington , New York , Milwaukee , Midland , Forestville , Lewisville , La Porte , Pasadena , Avon , Philadelphia , Clifton , Pedricktown , Chicago , Henry , Rockford , Rockton , Beloit

Lubrizol reviews

2.9

46% would recommend to a friend

(754 total reviews)

Rebecca Liebert

35% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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Lubrizol has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 754 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Lubrizol employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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754 reviews

3.0

Dec 3, 2016

Lubrizol

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits and good work/life balance.

Cons

The entire department spends too much time in meetings. We could accomplish twice the work with a third less people if we stopped the unnecessary meetings. Company is a bit full of themselves and has difficulty accepting ideas from people who didn't work for Lubrizol their entire career.

2.0

Jan 30, 2016

Service Desk Analyst

It service desk analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good job to learn and grow. You learn a lot about Lubrizol's business quickly. A majority of the shifts are normal but 3 to 5 months out of the year we would be scheduled to work the 24x7 shifts. There are two shifts starting on Thursday and ending on Wednesday. Essentially you work one night shift and one day shift over a 21 day period with 7 days off in-between. You either have 4 or 5 days off at the beginning or end of these shifts depending on if you were the day or night person. The shifts would start at either 6 AM on Thursday morning or 6 PM on Thursday night. The day person and the night person would work together to turnover incidents, requests and computer builds. This scheduling allowed for a lot of time off. I used the time well taking vacations but a lot of the group didn't do a lot with the time off.

Cons

12 hour shifts were rough and borderline inhumane. Because contractors are paid weekly, there is actually very little overtime pay involved in working what amounts to 72 hours in a 7 day span. It really should probably be illegal but because of the time off in-between everyone grins and bears it. The Service Desk was understaffed and stressful. It is an extremely high turnover environment. Contractors are expendable and not treated as well at the FTE's. Lubrizol enjoys the freedom and flexibility of employing a lot of contractors in IT so that the can end contracts rather than laying off employees. Because of this, they make it extremely hard to get hired on as a FTE. Even if you are lucky enough to make it off the Service Desk into another position, that doesn't necesarilty mean you will be hired on full-time.

4.0

Nov 3, 2015

Good company; lost excitment with Berkshire Hathaway (operating subsidiary)

Manager

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Pros

Friendly culture, good people, good development opportunities if you know how to get around....and ask for promotions...(they won't come to you)... They are engaged with community, and local colleges and universities.

Cons

Old economy, most people have chemistry background, very risk averse... Upstream chemical supplier trying to convert old model into downstream... (?) --(not very successfully). Company doesn't have a corporate strategy, lacks succession planning, no outsiders, etc...

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