Dow Chemical Reviews

Pros

They provide very competitive salaries. If you are willing to work very hard and put in a lot of time, you can succeed. They encourage innovation. Safety is also key.

Cons

If you want to succeed, do not expect much of a work/life balance. Benefits could be better. Very tight deadlines for projects.

Advice to Senior Management

The leadership and management should be willing to receive feedback from employees. Their emphasis on safety and innovation is excellent.

Pros

Dow Chemical being a MNC

Cons

Dow doesn't have any assets in India so limited scope for growth

Advice to Senior Management

No Advice

Pros

Focus is on safety - more safety - and more safety! If the job is not safe, it is not done! Sense of community within the site and team within the block.

Cons

Prior incidents have instilled a culture of check, double-check and triple check. For me, I like this but it may not be for everyone.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing - your track record the over the last 5-7 years is outstanding and I think it will continue to excel in the future.

Pros

Growth for degreed staff. Slight growth for hourly persons with the chance of salary decrease if a salary job is taken.

Cons

Pay seems to be low compared to other Dow facilities and other chemical corporations.

Advice to Senior Management

Share the wealth .

Pros

Top in its industry
Acquires other companies that match its strategic growth objectives
Excellent employee stock purchase plan
Good overall benefits
Salaries competitive with industry and within IT
Good growth/development opportunities

Cons

Large projects are have tight timelines, tight budgets and less than desirable staffing for the workload
Medical benefits are good - monthly cost low for employees, but as with most companies, each year requiring higher co-pays, out-of-pocket and prescription costs

Advice to Senior Management

Continue good work begun already to increase / improve communication between management and staff. Increase communication methods beyond email (as email volume has spiraled out of control in today's workplace; thereby losing its effectiveness). Continue to embrace innovation and flexibility in work processes over traditional/historical ways the company has done business in the past.

Pros

The performance is excellent in terms of safety, employee satisfaction, carrer growth and compensation and benefits. The

Cons

the work load is too much beyond the expectation of an employee.

Advice to Senior Management

Change the policy of different roles combines a job in the organization.

Pros

Well organized. Great people. Great training programs.

Cons

Lots of beauracracy type paperwork and red tape. But it comes with any big company. They don't pay the most and will tell you straight up.

Advice to Senior Management

Check salaries at other companies and match.

Pros

Great salary and benefits at dow.

Cons

Run as a chemical company, not as a building materials manufacturing company. The arrogance is incredible.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep mktg management in place long enough that they can really learn and understand customer needs. The revolving door is rediculous at DBS.

Pros

Overall a pretty good place to work.

Cons

The training takes at least 6 years in my plant to be fully trained.

Pros

Well-rounded employee development agenda; Ambitious corporate transformation strategy to put the company on a new growth trajectory; Noble and industry-leading mission and purpose of resolving critical problems of humanity as well as leading the industry in sustainability and safety practices above board.

Cons

Decision making is still too centralized at the headquarters although this is currently said to be evolving to becoming more business- and geography-driven; Work life balance is also a challenge as there are too many evening meetings needed between regional site to arrive at concensus on key decisions amidst the timezone challenge.

Advice to Senior Management

Prepare regional leaders and accelerate localization / decentralization of decision making.