Rohm and Haas Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Believed in growing talent internally

Cons – Allowed fiefdoms to develop in remote areas like the Knowledge Center

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Rohm and Haas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great place for growth. Lots of latitude once established. Good people to work with. Abundance of resources.

Cons – If your not on the radar you don't exist. Once the ball gets going and direction of market changes. sometimes its hard to change direction if the momentum is large.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your customers and validate no matter how big the customer.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Good location. Close to mass transit. Interesting work.

Cons – The merger with Dow Co was not publicised and led to many fulltimers to jump ship.

Advice to Senior Management – None.

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

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Although Rohm and Hass is now Dow Chemical, it was the greatest company to work for in way of how they treated their people. They appreciated the work you done and always let you know. They give you a sense of pride working for them. They also cared about your safety and your balance for work and home life. Rohm and Haas was good to me for 30yrs. How many people in today's world can say they really enjoy going to work every day? I did!

Cons – The only down side for Rohm and Haas I can think of is when they sold out to Dow Chemical. It was no longer a people place. No matter what you done it was never enough. They push their people to a breaking point.

Advice to Senior Management – Good people are retiring due the the low morale. Get the plants back to the way it was under Rohm and Haas. I would have stayed more then 30yrs. if it were still R & H.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Company was a good place to work when it was still R&H. Fair to employees and many bright and dedicated co-workers.

Cons – Left when the company was bought out by Dow. Friends who remain do not seem quite as positive about how they are being treated by Dow.

Advice to Senior Management – Former R&H workers who remain after the take over should be valued by new management. After a period of adjustment, they will make valuable contributions to the success of Dow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – learned a lot while i worked here. everyone was very willing to teach me and took a personal interest in my career development.

Cons – the office setting was somewhat impersonal. i feel that the upper management hid behind closed doors and the lower level employees were not given much interaction.

Advice to Senior Management – wish you hadn't sold to dow. you took an amazing family business in the local area and sold it to a bigger competitor who has destroyed the company in search of the next dollar.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Response depends on the business unit. The powder group was fast paced with lots of opportunity to grow and succeed. Less degree oriented and more "show me the results" to gain the promotion or position. Great supportive team to work with.

Cons – Work/life balance could be non-existant if you are not careful. Not easy to move from one business unit to another,

Advice to Senior Management – Go Dow .. or Akzo I mean. In the transition to Akzo keep the employees encouraged, well informed, and recognized for their contributions and successes, no matter how small they may seem.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Rohm and Haas was a great employer. The salary, benefits and bonuses were excellent, as were the opportunities for talented and motivated people to advance in their careers.

Cons – The company went through reorganizations before and following its sale to Dow. Many jobs were lost, which is stressful to those who were retained, as well as to those who were not.

Advice to Senior Management – I hope Dow continues to recognize the gold mine of talent it acquired through its purchase of Rohm and Haas, and that they reward the retained employees accordingly.

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Good pay and balance between work and home life.

Cons – Rohm and Haas has been acquired by Dow Chemical and Rohm and Haas had engineering expertise at plant level while Dow's way of doing things is to centralize engineering personnel. The response by the centeralized engineering hubs may not be as responsive as plant level engineering support.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure plant support is maintained to assure customer receives good quality product on time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Rohm and Haas

Pros – Great culture and people. Prized for customer service and support. On the cutting edge for technology in paint and coatings.

Cons – Rohm and Haas no longer exists. It was supposed to be a subsidiary of Dow but once the sale went through, Rohm and Haas was absorbed into Dow Coating Materials.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to maintain the legacy and customer service for which Rohm and Haas was known. Keep your remaining employees in "the loop" to reduce stress during transition.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend