Praxair Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Salary plus overtime helps alot

Cons – Health care offered is not very good and also expensive

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time for less than a year

Pros – * The training is phenomenal, they give you all the pieces you need to be successful.
* The starting salary and benefits are much better than any other company I looked at.
* We are given the power to make decisions when it comes to the Planning side

Cons – * To get a good understanding of their system it is necessary you start in the 2nd or 3rd shift.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Praxair full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Company growth is very good

Cons – Pay offered is on the lower side

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Praxair

Pros – I worked at GTS-Welco, a Praxair joint venture, one summer during college. The management was great and very accessible.

Cons – The pay was low, which is average for an internship

Advice to Senior Management – Come up with something other than cold calling for interns to do

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Praxair has a long history of solid performance in the industrial gas segment. It is well grounded on business acumen and well-disciplined in business financials.

Cons – Technology changes go through lengthy process of approval, development and execution.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – nice environment and nice projects

Cons – i can't think of any cons.

Advice to Senior Management – I have no advice for the management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Praxair full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – A wide variety of people to work with. Plenty of O.T. if you want.

Cons – Not competitive in wages. Job insecurity due to huge turn overs and lay offs. More and more reduction in benefits yearly.

Advice to Senior Management – There is a breaking point to all changes that are made and you have exceeded that point.. Accountants run the Company based on numbers and make adjustments according to those numbers without looking at how it is going affect your company long term as well as your customers..

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Praxair part-time for more than a year

Pros – 1. Best work ethics ever. Everyone that I have dealt with has been nice with good work morals.
2. Everybody is ready to teach you and help you somehow. You just have to ask once.
3. Most of the administrative systems are well set up and effectively functional.
4. Promotions and better job oppurtunities are always available.

Cons – 1. Most of the plants are in small cities, so you have to relocate.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time

Pros – Decent pay, safety conscious work environment

Cons – Large company politics, got to be willing to move for advancement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Praxair full-time

Pros – The company has a very stable business model. There are not alot of ups and downs compared to other businesses.

There are great long term employees in the organization that care about each other and what they do. They are passionate about the company and its success: "Living the Brand".

There is opportunity to travel to the many locations of the plant sites, as well as international travel.

Time is flexible based on your manager. While there is always the potential to get a micro-manager, clock-watching is not the norm. You end up working more than your fair share of hours anyway.

The company will sponsor international employees, which is more limited with other companies. Just expect the process to take the maximum amount of time possible.

Assuming you are accepted, and are technically sharp and flexible, there is opportunity to shine within the organization. Currently, however, "acceptance" is based on your ability to play along and not challenge management.

Cons – The plant sites are minimally staffed, with all of the support coming from central groups either in Tonawanda, NY or The Woodlands, TX. Technical support and guidance for young engineers at the plants is limited.

The plant managers are ultimately held accountable for the performance of the plants. Priority setting for the central groups is flawed, and many times the plant staff ends up on their own.

Administrative staff is non-existent at the plants, so engineers are left to handle the tasks in addition to troubleshooting, optimization, and new projects for the plant.

While integrity is talked about as a value, there are unethical situations that are tolerated. People are very aware of these situations which ultimately results in a hefty amount of skepticism of management and HR. People are afraid to bring anything forward due to fear of retaliation.

Currently, people are chosen for roles based on the "buddy" system, and the top technical people are either leaving the company or getting pushed out of HYCO operations.

All of the above results in a high turnover rate, which is not really talked about, and appears to be ignored, thus putting additional strain on us that want to stay in hopes that the organization can get back to normal.

Advice to Senior Management – Look at the changes you have made over the last couple of years in HYCO which have taken the group off course. Changes need to be made quickly to get the organization back on track before we lose more people and the performance of the organization declines further.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company