LyondellBasell reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,110 total reviews)
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Peter Vanacker

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

LyondellBasell has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LyondellBasell 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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1.0
Nov 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You can have a variety of work experiences, but be prepared that most of them might end up being by the hard way. You will have more than enough to do and you won't be bored. It's not a bad place to work if you have no alternatives.

Cons

The company hasn't been the same since Basell came into the picture. The company used to be a fun place to work and very team oriented. Now it seems that they do everything they can to screw the employee to help line the pockets of the major shareholders. All decisions that are made are done on a business case with no concern to the employee. Staffing levels seem to be at a minimum or below level and management does not seem to be concerned. They seem to believe that highly experienced and talented employees can simply be replaced by co-ops, summer interns, and new hires. Mid-level management seems to be running scared and simply do what their superiors tell them. Instead of building a progressive company, it seems that they have regressed back to the "because I said so" management style of the 50s.

1.0
Jun 26, 2020

Toxic

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No pros that I can think of.

Cons

They give you a workload that is unmanageable and micromanage you. They do not promote from within. Meetings all day with no time to work. They will sell you on the company and when you get there the environment is so toxic it’s hard to function. There is not a single person that is happy there and it’s a revolving door of departures. It’s very bureaucratic and departments and roles are constantly being changed. The company prides itself on cost-saving initiatives (employees even have to pay their own parking) while the CEO, senior management and board members fly on private planes.

2.0
Dec 26, 2019

50-70% 2019 bonuses

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong public company; high EBITDA.

Cons

The CEO said that bonuses would be 50-70% of target because we *only* made $6 billion in 2019. That’s a dramatic, unjustified decrease from 2018 bonuses when the company did just about as well. If you are considering a job here don’t count on the bonuses - make sure you get a high base salary. Also - executives turnover is very high. If you are going to work with the executives realize that your man* may not be there for more than 2-5 years. *all executives happen to be male (except one).

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