Dow Reviews

Pros

Good pay, 7th days are double time

Cons

Taking away over time Too many people not caring Weak management Weak IRL’s

Pros

People: This company is full of very smart, very motivated people. You won't have any trouble fitting in if you're eager to get going. Slugs might want to look elsewhere. Culture: Fantastic, helpful, supportive, and non toxic. Leaders lead from the front, including the CEO, who was raised up in Dow like almost all of the senior staff. Basically, if someone is in that position it's because they know what they are doing. Also worth noting that work life balance is great at Dow, including for on site plant personnel. Training: there is a class for everything and you'll be assigned a mentor who's job it is to ensure you actually develop (you're not alone and it's not sink or swim). Pay and benefits: good pay, good benefits, and very flexible leave schedules. Technology: Dow is a materials science powerhouse that contracts out very little of the actual work. They have more than enough cool stuff to sink your teeth into, be it automation, chemical/process engineering, materials science, etc.

Cons

Salary is less than comparable privately owned chem majors. BUT BEWARE: those companies have much more toxic/strenuous work environments and longer hours.

Pros

-Leadership will listen to your career desires if you document it in HR system -Moving up ladder is doable if you’re good at talking…politics matter -Culture is good in most businesses. Collaborative. If you ask for help you will get it. Must be able to be confident to obtain this help -Work-life balance is outstanding in commercial realm. No one cares if your sick, no one cares if you take a day off to handle appointments. Most don’t even log their vacation. No one cares.

Cons

-Safety is a facade depending on the business. If a chemical is known to be dangerous but it’s an integral part of the industry, low customer safety is ignored -Poor onboarding process across the board -Poor job descriptions. Must be able to say no. Leadership support is key to saying no without negative ramifications -Salary increase is decided by leadership twice in a year, only a set amount of budget is provided and your boss has to advocate for you. Cowardly boss means no promotion, but you can gain favoritism one above your leader to get support. Must be smooth with this process. Natural pay bump is targeted every 3 yrs -D&I: they only care about women in leadership. I see minimal POC ratios except for asian.

Pros

Everybody I've interacted with is generally professional and means well. Mid level management is overall pretty good. The company has a pretty good Design your Workday program that allows certain employees to work a hybrid schedule. It is also a great company for parents. The leaders I worked for have been pretty flexible with time off and flex time.

Cons

Over time the company as a whole has been really spreading people thin. You will likely do more work than would be expected of you in a different company. If you participate on teams or volunteer to take on large projects, you will not necessarily get promoted or significant raises based on it - Usually it just ends up being more work piled on top of the already large pile of work that you already have with no significant compensation. Part of the culture seems to be to always strive to do slightly more than your assigned role. Aside from this, the company will make changes to processes with little to no warning and without asking for input or researching how it will logistically work in practice. Generally, these process changes have a negative impact and cause increased bureaucracy, unnecessary work time, confusion and negatively effects the overall culture.

Pros

Great pay and benefits. Easy to move up in positions.

Cons

Constant change, large amount of paperwork, too many opinions from higher-ups.

Pros

good work environment, safety is first.

Cons

Travel for far distances, work for extended hours.

Pros

Inclusion & Diversity. Environmental Impact. Design Your Day. Benefits.

Cons

can't think of anything right now

Pros

Fair pay, fair pto, work isn’t too hard

Cons

Too much overtime, bad management at my particular site, poor organization

Pros

I've had a long career and one of the few to still have a pension.

Cons

Experience is no longer valued. Pensions froze. All the benefits are going to new employees that don't value a hard days work and are looking for PTO and promotions

Pros

Good Health insurance 401K Schedule

Cons

Bad leadership Little advancement Leadership changes every 3 years Could pay more No communication