Dupont Reviews

Pros

DuPont really cares about and values its employees. There are many opportunities for development across a wide range of areas and fields.

Cons

Promotions take time to come through.

Advice to Senior Management

Go to the employees for feedback and suggestions before in a crisis mode.

Pros

Very good company culture and nice people around;
Strong product and good company image. Make business is not so hard here
Support work life balance

Cons

Salary level appears so competitve comparing to peer company
Very political
To get a promotion, you got to focus more on behavior rather than performance

Advice to Senior Management

Take your responsibility when you have to. Don't pass the ball.

Pros

Good pay, benefits and safe place to work.

Cons

Employees need to receive more incentive to perform at the top of their capabilities.

Pros

Salary, flexibility, opportunity; Resources; Systems approach

Cons

environment does not facilitate creative solutions; One way of thinking; Corporate culture can be stifling; Most decisions are made by managers and leaders not allowing time for leaders to think strategically

Advice to Senior Management

Leave run and maintain decisions to employees; Spend more time thinking strategically; Very optimistic about Ellen's leadership

Pros

Safety is a very important core value for DuPont, it is actually the most important value for the company, you will learn everything about Industrial safety.

Cons

They were not hiring at the moment, because of the world crisis, they ask for experienced workers, not giving a lot of chance for recent graduates.

Advice to Senior Management

You should seek for potential in candidates, not fully base your hiring in experience, a lot of them may have experience but will not give their 100% as a recent graduate.

Pros

salary, I enjoy the people I work with

Cons

it is a big ship and sometimes it has difficulty turning

Advice to Senior Management

Make it more transparent

Pros

fairly good work environment, flexible working schedule, supports balancing of work and life, values employees' safety, the pay is fair.

Cons

people tend to exaggerate the company's core value which is safety. the management is very stereotyped, communication is not enough.

Advice to Senior Management

do not focus more than what is necessary on Safety issue. should make more effort on improving employees' working efficiency.

Pros

Opportunities - promote from within. Ability to do lots of different jobs. Core values are more than jsut words.

Cons

It is a large company, so there is some beurocracy.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

A strong focus on Work Life Balance, and Safety. Management is very Flexibility with employees' time off needs and work assignments. People are very team oriented and work well together.

Cons

For many employees in the US, it seems that their Career paths have stalled while the focus is on the global presence.

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of the US employees (Active & Retired) that have made this company great. Global markets are volatile and may not be the greatest investments long term.

Pros

Good hard working people that cared about their jobs and the businesses they represented

Cons

Senior Leadership was out of touch and didn't practice what they preached. Marketing is lacking at the leadership level. Great brands that die off due to incompetence in Business Unit Leadership.

Advice to Senior Management

Understand who you promote into leadership. If you believe in your core values, you need to do more than give it lip service. Stop downsizing the right people due to inept leadership and tring to be politically correct.