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    Praxair Reviews

    Updated May 15, 2018
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    Praxair President, and CEO Steve Angel
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    224 Ratings

    505 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Flexibility for a work/ life balance is a plus (in 31 reviews)

    • Praxair employees get good benefits (not Manpower employees) (in 21 reviews)

    Cons

    • Work life balance is non existent (in 22 reviews)

    • Upper management did not offer any direction or too busy to help (in 16 reviews)

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    1. "General Review"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Territory Manager in Columbus, OH
      Current Employee - Territory Manager in Columbus, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Excellent products, value added proposition with technical expertise to back it up, great people.

      Cons

      Core products are commodities, where the customer does not care about value, only lowest price, and you end of getting "nickle and dimed" on product cost with minimal margin growth.

      Advice to Management

      None

    2. "Great place to start your carerr"

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      Current Employee - Chemical Lab Technician in Toledo, OH
      Current Employee - Chemical Lab Technician in Toledo, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great management who cares
      Great coworkers
      Decent benefits
      Laid back work culture

      Cons

      Lower pay than the rest of industry
      Working with old technology
      High turnover mainly due to either pay or the fact it's Toledo

      Advice to Management

      Stop hiring from temp agencies, and start going to universities for your workers because if you're gonna have a high turnover rate, then at least have it with better quality people
      Pay $8-10 more per hour in salary to keep people

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    3. "Good"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Field Service Technician in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Field Service Technician in Los Angeles, CA

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The interview was easy. If you aren't lazy, its a good job.

      Cons

      There is not anything negative.

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing the good work.

    4. "Good Compay"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Praxair full-time

      Pros

      Good company, good benefits.

      Cons

      Old way of thinking, not invested in anything that isn't engineering or research.

    5. "Great pay / benefits"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Class A CDL Driver/HazMat Tanker in Glendale, AZ
      Current Employee - Class A CDL Driver/HazMat Tanker in Glendale, AZ
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I enjoy the challenges as well as opportunities to move up.

      Cons

      12-14 hour days on average

      Advice to Management

      An all encompassing app for the drivers containing tour information, podcasts for safety meetings, instruction videos for delivery processes - customer access etc. Consider hands-free phone communication for the driver's.

    6. "Sales Rep"

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      Former Employee - Account Manager in Pittsburgh, PA
      Former Employee - Account Manager in Pittsburgh, PA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Praxair full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Given all the tools you need

      Cons

      Could not always count on your account being serviced the way promised. A lot of confusion on the operations side of things

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your reps they understand what your target demographic is looking for

    7. "Bulk Sales"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Praxair full-time

      Pros

      Good stable company with great benefits and industry leader with good innovations. Good work life balance

      Cons

      Feels like you're on an island by yourself.

      Advice to Management

      TRY to have more inclusion events. Maybe quarterly meetings where everyone come together to share ideas.

    8. "Good Company to Work for"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - IT Director in Tonawanda, NY
      Current Employee - IT Director in Tonawanda, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Growth focused organization that will assist employees career paths ambitions. Many people spend their entire careers here.

      Cons

      You might have to relocate to another country if you are ambitious and want to be a VP

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Frustrated Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Praxair full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good pay, great benefits, job security, room for advancement, a lot of training.

      Cons

      Boss is incompetent, execs know this but don't do anything about it.
      Work life balance is non existent. Expected to work 50-60 hours per week without regard to exhaustion.

      Advice to Management

      Properly staff locations so that the personnel are not overworked. Deal properly with incompetent mangers, stop trying to encourage them to get better when they have been this way for years.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "EOE ???"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Danbury, CT
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Danbury, CT
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Praxair full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Benefits was a plus with company match.

      Cons

      Good old boy network. No diversity

      Advice to Management

      Need to read the EOE and follow by example.

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