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      Owens Corning

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      Owens Corning reviews

      3.8

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (1,166 total reviews)
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      Brian Chambers

      85% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

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      Owens Corning has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,166 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Owens Corning employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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      1.0
      Aug 31, 2008

      Join OC if money is your main priority, but watch your back.

      Shift operations leader
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      Pros

      Compensation pakage, the glass veil composites industry pays very well throughout the industry. OC is no different.

      Cons

      Most efforts are put into reducing costs & not making headway into new markets or products. "wringing it dry". The management is very clicky, "if your face fits". Lack of local leadership, direction or vision, even though the corporate goals are communicated regularly. The local agreements with employee organisations are often disregarded or neglected. Annual personal developement reveiws are used as a corporate tool to ram home corporate ideals & built into the compensation package. Your individual developement is supported as long as it falls into line with the corporate. Your employment rights & contract will not be top priority.

      3.0
      Jul 13, 2008

      A fading brand.

      Senior planner
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      Pros

      Work life balance is probably better than most companies. They don't do "google" type benefits but it's fairly liberal about your comings and goings. It's an individual thing, they don't pay nor reward well in house but pay out the nose to get people in from outside because they can't keep good people employed. Toledo isn't an exciting town nor are the plant locations so choose wisely. So if you can come in you can get paid above average pay as others have done. The business has a cyclical nature, so while it's in the downslope now most likely it's going to go back up in 2 years. The company makes products directly associated with the environmental movement (insulation/windmill blade parts etc.) which is nice also. In short, it's worth working for only if all the pieces are right for you. It's worked for me for many years but not for others.

      Cons

      Pick a consultant driven buzzword, program, or book and chances are OC used it for about a month. OC has a culture that thrives on the soft side of things vice results. Run your business into the ground? Say you tried and did it with zero injuries and you're likely to survive. Candor is non existent even though it's a value they claim to have. True, respectful candor gets crushed and the smart ones know to shut up and go along or get gone. There is no backbone at OC for the hard things that need to be done to succeed. I don't spend time in the plants or field as much but am close with lots of them. Union plants claim there is zero accountability among the hourly ranks but complete accountability among the salaried ranks (translation - the unions take them to the cleaners daily but they never fight back and just work the salaried harder to compensate and they quit). Non Union plants say they spend more time on moronic programs that drive zero results (Q12, 21 factors, 20 keys, SAFE score, to name a few) than running their businesses. The salaried system is killing their talent retention - we have this crazy system of paying your base pay below market value but claiming your bonus is what makes you paid better than others. Two problems with that: the bonus for a lot of people was under $1000 for most of us last year because the market stunk, and everyone knows they're lowballing you because base pay is key for everything, not bonuses.

      2.0
      Jul 8, 2008

      Skip OC as a place to work.

      Human resources
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      Pros

      Decent retirement benefits, good training opportunities. Some autonomy in how you did things. Lean manufacturing is definitely needed at OC and OC has made strides to get there. Hard to think of good things about this company. OC has some really great people there (and some really lousy ones, as any company). Need to find a way to leverage the talent they actually have vs. just talking about "extraordinary talent". Need to find that balance between cost and truly offering the training and opportunities to get the extraordinary talent that OC claims they believe in as a value. o c

      Cons

      Volatility of market, horrible health benefits. Employees not treated with respect. Communication is poor, and people too concerned with their bonus and job protection to look at the big picture of the whole organization. Corporate headquarters is absolutely bloated with way too many people and made up job titles. Lean concepts needs to be applied to HQ - could probably eliminate several jobs. Entitlement mentality of employees. In order to be heard, must be part of the "clique" of people that are constantly promoted upward when the rank and file perceive them to be incompetent. Hard to find conference rooms.

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