Praxair Reviews

Pros

A stable company, which is well-respected in its industry, which offers good work-life balance. Employee morale is generally high and the company's financial performance is strong even in these economic times.

Cons

The company is slower to adopt new technology in certain areas than some companies, but overall it's a good, solid organization.

Pros

If you are aggressive and want to move up the ladder, there are plenty of opportunities. Very goal oritented company.

Cons

Upper management sees the business as a profit margin company instead of a healthcare provider. They will push employees to work as long as they think you can, A 60 hour work week was the norm, not an oddity.

Advice to Senior Management

Get back to the basics of the business.

Pros

Ability to earn promotions based on performance
Large company with many opportunities
Good balance between work and life
Many locations across the country and world
Diverse workforce
Emphasis on employee safety above all other considerations

Cons

Downsizing after the 2008 recession caused a feeling of insecurity among the employees
Pay is less than similar positions with other companies within the industry
Lack of transparency and feedbact from senior management

Advice to Senior Management

Improved employee and management communication and development including career development training and a beeter evaluation system with periodic informal reviews.

Pros

Value, challenging field, growth opportunities, opportunityto learn from those experienced in the field.

Cons

Our industry is very complex and the learning curves for new employees and those new tonthe industry is steep and very complex.

Pros

Transparent, fair, global work culture, professional

Cons

Competitive marketplace, sometimes too much cost cutting compromises quality of work

Advice to Senior Management

Consider local environment in planning

Pros

Good people and good work wnvironment.

Cons

Staff is too lean to give employees the time and experience to learn new skills.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

i got the knowledge about all specialty gasses physical & chemical properties,What ever gasses spread ed in our surroundings now i am familiar with their percentage h0w it is related to us.How to handle with specialty gas leakages,what are the safety procedures we have to take all those training i have completed.i have knowledge about types of cylinders & their specifications

Cons

they were not taking care what v r doing in customer site,They are not giving any further knowledge about gasses not giving any facilities in customer sites ,We are sincerely doing lots of thing in customer site but ur management not at all seeing our work....my self very sad about these things.

Pros

You will work in a friendly environment with knowledgeable people to learn from. It is a good industry to work for as you can take this experience and apply it to many other industries.

Cons

They don't really groom and invest on employee training as much as some other companies. This is one of the reason they are not really the top company in their relative field.

Advice to Senior Management

Prepare leaders within your employees. Groom the young guys to ensure they stay with the company for long as the knowledge they gain about the product and company would be lost if they are not kept around for long.

Pros

Company's somewhat monopoly in gas business; Performing company stock.

Cons

Senior management does not have the guts to invest in new technologies. The annual budget for R&D has been pathetic compared to industrial peers. Company only promotes YES men instead of talented people. Due to lack of technolgy projects, company hires many "Productivity Improvement" people who can't really solve any technical problems, but appear to be busy (having meetings) all the time. This is a typical American company that rests on existing monopoly status, waiting for others to erode its market share. This is not the type of enterprise who can lead US out of the recession through constant innovations.

Pros

stable industry, job security, Tonawanda site has easy access from anywhere in Buffalo, variety of career opportunities, onsite cafeteria/ credit union/ dry cleaning, sports clubs, standard workday ends at 4:45

Cons

culture varies by departments, minimal cross training opportunities, lots of travel for some individuals, communication across departments is sometimes minimal

Advice to Senior Management

hire more so overtime is needed less, have better communication about the state of different areas of the business, create more opportunites for cross departmental job changes