Evonik Reviews

Pros

Great work life balance. Great co workers. Interesting projects.

Cons

Difference in objectives from US and Germany

Pros

Retirement benefits are much better than average. There are opportunities within the company to move around. Plants have lots of unique processes and equipments for young engineers, technicians, and operators to gain experience.

Cons

Pay is lagging behind industry. The company tends to overwork and overwhelm salaried engineers. This is leading to a large number of mostly contract engineers and designers. Work/life balance is also not very good for engineering staff. Many plants are older and need much repairs but project funding for improvements is not sufficient. Safety at production plants is beginning to be an issue. Some incidents and potential dangers are being swept under the rug due to not having budget to correct issues.

Pros

Good work/life balance. Excellent 401K match and good benefits. Flexible/hybrid scheduling for in-plant roles. Decent upward mobility.

Cons

Below industry average pay. Upward mobility limited for non-chemical engineers and those with only bachelors degrees. HR support is lacking.

Pros

Great Salary, very competitive benefit package.

Cons

You work hard for the money! Company retention is low and when people leave, Evonik is very very slow to fill the positions if at all. So basically, high salary, but you are working two or three positions.

Pros

Stable company with good benefits

Cons

Salary below competitors, depending upon business, function, manager or location it is hit or miss with work culture. Some places extremely good, while some places not recommended at all.

Pros

Pay, and equipment, benefits and retirement.

Cons

Progression, politics, management, people in roles that don’t do your job but make you do it their way.

Pros

Benefits , good procedures, recognizable company

Cons

Lack of recognition, lower than industry pay, under valued, management not marching in the same direction, retention of experienced employees, too focused on low value businesses

Pros

Self motivated work Good mobility for promotion

Cons

Others' inability to meet deadlines

Pros

good benefits private insurance good salary nice schedules nice environment

Cons

needs more space to have its own soda\restaurant

Pros

Pay, Benefits, People, Location, market

Cons

Politics are more important than actions. No clear regional leadership direction. Leaders study but do not act. Germany makes all decision. Regional has low autonomy.