Dow Chemical Employee Review

Current Employee – been working at Dow Chemical full-time for more than a year

Pros – Coming out of college you will work in a job with responsibilities that are truly business critical. Opportunities exist across all functions within business services, including operations, logistics, purchasing, I/S, planning, scheduling, modeling, business consulting, and improvement functions. Even though a majority of the jobs are located in middle of no-where Midland, MI, you come in with a network of 50+ young professionals who've graduated college in the last 2 years. Other job opportunities are available in Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, an Indianapolis. Excellent ability to learn and develop skills much higher than what one would expect in first few years out of school.

Cons – Performance Review and promotional system can be a little discouraging if you are a hard worker looking to get ahead in the first few years of your career. Length of 3 rotations and are uncertain, as well as whether you will complete all 3 rotations (i.e. if you feel ready to move out into a full time job, you let leaders know and will will be moved).

Advice to Senior Management – It appears that Dow's retention and compensation strategy is to recruit top level young talent, and develop the ability to perform well in jobs multiple job levels above what one is compensated for financially, upon leaving the program. While this is great for keeping costs down, if this is the strategy that you choose to use, just be aware that the work one does at Dow allows us to interview and receive offers of significant salary increases (i.e. 30%), which, given the responsibilities you give to your young professionals, will make it tough to retain top level young talent past 3 years in the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend