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      LyondellBasell

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      LyondellBasell reviews

      3.6

      67% would recommend to a friend

      (1,111 total reviews)
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      Peter Vanacker

      60% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

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      3.9

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      LyondellBasell has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,111 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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      1K reviews
      2.0
      May 7, 2014

      Good place to enter the industry, but not long term

      Senior engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      there are still some talent here that you cannot find elsewhere, so still a good learning base in the beginning. First 3 years is good here, then there are probably better opportunities in terms of career growth and quality work. The trick is to manage your own career and positioning on work and projects. There are alot of opportunities to do this with the current market and project funding going into the company. Pay is very good. Pension is OK. Bonuses are awesome. The CEO has successfully eliminated 9/80 schedule from some parts of the company, but they gave it back to parts where loss of talent was beyond what they were hoping for. So, ask about alternative work schedule specific to location where you are planning to seek a position.

      Cons

      Much of the experienced talent has moved on to other companies where it is more competitive in regard to employee oriented policies. There is lot of work that is really not valued in most other parts of this industry. So try and avoid the 'hype' flavor of the year upper management driven 'initiatives', or you may be 5 years down the road with nothing to talk about in your next interview. The vision is short ranged depite what is said. There is strong talk of safety, but some of the actions with contradict ll the way to the top. Moral is hit or miss, but has definately declined. The employee retention is very bad, and positions stay open for a while. The upper management has a bully mentality. CEO is trying to implement some senior level engineering overseas India.

      1.0
      May 6, 2014

      If you are looking for a culture of distrust and micromanagement....

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not much - nice offices Compensation is reasonable

      Cons

      People are viewed as a commodity that can be easily replaced You shouldn't trust anyone - it's all about "what's in it for me" Promotion and advancement are based largely on connections rather than merit or potential

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