Eastman Reviews

Pros

Have been at Eastman for a long time and can say that if you are adaptable, enjoy challenges and are willing to shape your own role, this is the place to be. The Eastman I work for today has evolved over the years to keep up with a changing environment and demographics, and I like what I see and am proud of contributing to this constant change.

Advice to Management

Maintain the excitement!

Pros

Everything about working at Eastman is great. Everyone you meet is always willing to help. I really enjoyed my first co-op term here and can’t wait for my second and third.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work!

Pros

Good pay and benefits. A lot of opportunities for career development.

Advice to Management

None

Pros

Eastman hires only the best and expects a lot of you. Everyone I worked with, especially management, was outstanding. I felt challenged, valued, and well compensated for my time. If you get the chance to work for Eastman, jump on it!

Pros

Pay. People. I luke my job.

Pros

My coworkers are top-notch. Can't beat 'em. My group and supervisor are outstanding to work with.

Pros

Steady employment for a long term career. Rare these days!

Advice to Management

Keep making your people important and don’t become like other companies who are just worried about the bottom line. This is what keeps eastman a great place to work!

Pros

Proactively reinventing itself, even though it is currently doing well. Leadership recognizes the danger of being stagnant and is constantly seeking ways to improve.

Doing well financially.

Solid benefits package. Compared to other fortune 500's I've worked for, Eastman makes a point of offering benefits that employees value, but don't offer immediate benefits to the company. (ie financial incentives to lose weight and have your annual checkup).

No state income tax if you're at the headquarters in TN.

I'm proud of the products we make. I love telling people about all the Eastman products in things they use every day. Most people have no idea how often they use Eastman products.

Feels like a truly American company. Most of what Eastman manufactures is done in the United States. Ask an employee for a quick history sometime, its pretty interesting.

Kingsport TN (headquarters) is a wonderful place to raise a family. Mid size town, excellent schools, nice quiet neighborhoods, very manageable cost of living.

Slow, but sure opportunities to move up if you work hard. They really like to recruit from within.

Advice to Management

Appreciate the deliberateness of driving strategy. I know that's your job, but I've never worked somewhere as deliberate as it is here.

Let us hear from you more often, we know you're busy, but it means a lot to hear what you're working on, how we're doing etc. I've only see two or three communications from the executive team to the company as a whole that weren't new hire/retirement announcements.

Pros

Eastman is like its own family. The people truly care for their employees and everyone here is always helpful to help others succeed in their career. Eastman also offers amazing benefits to include medical, dental, vision, vacation and 401k. I also love that we have an onsite gym that offers classes also that I can step away from my desk for 15 minutes to take a stretch class that helps refresh my mind and body to continue to be very productive. Eastman is people committed.

Advice to Management

Continue to be people motivated

Pros

Great starting pay for a job that requires little to no previous experience.
On the job training is very thorough, and safety is taken very seriously.