SABIC Innovative Plastics Reviews

Pros

Challenging, diversified culture, global footprint, r&d and technology focus

Cons

high degree of complexity, short term focus

Pros

Fair compensation, ability to travel if you need to, good training opportunities

Cons

Terrible work environment; promotion within IT based on who you know versus job skills and how well you have networked with the right people in Pittsfield. If you are not a popular kid in school, forget promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Do some 360 reviews in IT and see who has the right seats on the bus. Don't promote just because of internal friendships or nationality and don't let your best talent leave.

Pros

Open and honest communication among local team. One of the best office location and facility I have experienced. High integrity and compliance standard was great.

Cons

Not fair in treating employees, not the best people are promoted. C&B is not comparable to the market. Recent global and local management change does not make sense to grow the business.

Advice to Senior Management

Better retain the best talent, so further disaster can be prevented. Lack of employee engagement will be a long term issue.

Pros

Huge resources, global presence, good balance between work and family life. Recognition, talent review process, strong financial position, opportunity for career growth

Cons

Not much cons that I can see. Organizational structure is complex, product lines needs further refinements, brand is not as well known in USA

Advice to Senior Management

More work necessary to spread the SABIC branding, Need further simplification of the organizational structure, need to increase the compensation

Pros

Open atmosphere, great place to learn the business of engineering plastic

Cons

Salary is not competent in multi-national companies.

Pros

This is a company that has deep pockets and is looking for great ideas. If you can dream big and put some numbers behind your dream you can make it happen.

Cons

Lately there are too many corporate projects coming down the pipe line. Many IT and EHS things that will in the end make the company better but resourcing of these projects will be difficult.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure the projects that are implemented not only make us profitable but also work for our teams that make the plastic.

Pros

Great Leadership. Focusing on job. Get things done attitude which is very good for fresh.
Great Team members. You can easily make friends there.

Cons

recently is get disturbed by the integrition with SABIC...team not stable, losing its good senior leaders. wise strategy get more difficult realized due to the uncertainity in the higher management.

Pros

Well structured from the GE days, although times are changing. Still a leader in the industry with good products and services

Cons

Company is always undergoing changes, most of which dont make a lot of sense to those of us closest to the customer

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your field teams and respond to their suggestions as to how to drive the business in a positive direction

Pros

The compensation and benefits packages are very competitive, despite the bonus plan only being available to top management - it would be very difficult to get the packages afforded here elsewhere in the area - you would have to move

Cons

Communication is awful - you typically find things out third hand - it is one of the most siloed organizations I have ever worked for, the clash between the old GE culture (and there are people who cling to the hope that GE will 'come back') and the 'new' SABIC culture - which after 4 years if still being defined and you have the makings for a really dysfunctional company. Without a doubt one of the worst onboarding experiences I have ever had - get ready to be ignored for your first three to six months.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a clue - sporadic walkarounds are not the way to get in touch with the people - listen to what the questions are telling you at the employee get togethers. People are not happy and turnover will increase dramatically in the next few months. Telling people 'we care' is not cutting it.

Pros

Benefits
Opportunities for additional responsibilities
Visibility- Big Fish in Small Pond

Cons

negative reactions to a Saudi Arabian owned company
Low brand recognition

Advice to Senior Management

invest in employees.
LISTEN AND ACT in respose to branch-level issues