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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 caves to employees of the non union locations to keep them from going union" (in 17 reviews)
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"Great place to learn and be challenged"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Praxair full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Praxair is willing to invest in innovative projects that are leading edge in nature. Very bright and intelligent organization.
Cons
Senior leadership may need to take more risks in mega trendy than ever taken previously. Over the years forced ranking has hurt the overall culture.
Advice to Management
Continue to work closely with the community by engaging with the Buffalo Niagara Medica Campus. By getting involved with the local start-up scene and our innovation center you can build a brand closer to the community and talent will become aware of the great things happening at Praxair.
Praxair 2018-09-30 10:10 PDT![Praxair Logo]()
"Route driver"
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RecommendsNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Praxair full-time
Pros
Flexibility, hours and home life
Cons
Route drivers should make more$$ since they have to do multiple jobs.
Advice to Management
Slight pay increase would be nice since we do more jobs than bulk drivers. Watch the store occasionally, put stops in for next day, receive inventory in , etc.
Praxair 2018-10-04 06:26 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Healthcare Consultant"
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I worked at Praxair full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great work environment, lots of support for help. I was constantly asking a lot of questions and had plenty of support. They are really focused on safety as that is their top priority especially in an industry such as this. I appreciated that this was always something that strived for - zero accidents - there were constant reminders which were helpful reviews of how to prevent an accident from happening. While it may have been a bit time consuming, there was a lot of ongoing training with regards to various aspects of the business that employees had to.
Cons
Systems are slow and outdated, it takes a long time to implement a new system that is more efficient in doing the day-to-day tasks. Sometimes, there was too much paperwork involved which felt like you were repeating the steps again unnecessarily. Can be more efficient in a lot areas.
Praxair 2018-10-10 09:46 PDT![Praxair Logo]()
"Only Work for PDI if You Are A Driver"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Praxair full-time
Pros
Drivers receive good pay. No One else does. Being such a distribution heavy industry it negatively affects the company when they are short staffed on drivers so they pay them well. Managers and handlers are look at as expendable.
Cons
Low pay and no support for local level management. Good Old Boy network from acquisition companies. Upper management caves to employees of the non union locations to keep them from going union.
Advice to Management
Investigate why you have such high turn over in management and put a plan in place to fix it.
Praxair 2018-09-26 08:05 PDTHelpful (2)
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"A warning to those who are looking to come here"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Praxair full-time (More than a year)
Pros
The company is making an effort to improve, there is no after hours work, and it is fairly laid back
Cons
This company has in my opinion a broken IT system. There is little documentation and few standards and no one follows them. I came here from a company that had very good IT support security and strictly stuck to processes. At Praxair most support calls are sent to a off shore IT department that doesn't really do anything. The company seems to prefer to waste it's users time than pay for a good service desk. This company may have some kind of test environment but if that is the case it isn't used. Projects at this company feel like testing dieing the roll out process instead of before sending new technology to users. There is no effort or controls here to test technology in development or testing environments before deploying to end users. Praxair can attract the best talent if it tries but there are many better places to work in the area.
Advice to Management
Find a better service desk, follow standard IT practices by putting strictly enforced standards and controls in place to work the bugs out of technology before pushing it to end users.
Praxair 2018-09-14 05:45 PDT![Praxair Logo]()
"Great pay, but doesn’t foster internal growth"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Praxair full-time
Pros
Salary, team environment, exciting customers
Cons
Internal growth is not fostered.
Praxair 2018-08-30 18:34 PDT![Praxair Logo]()
"Route Driver"
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Praxair full-time
Pros
They buy your work boots and pays OT after 8 hours.
Cons
Long hours and work in ALL types of weather.
Advice to Management
Be consistent with enforcing your policies.
Praxair 2018-08-22 18:44 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Praxair full-time
Pros
There is some serious down time, but it’s either you’re in the middlen or 10 things or it’s very quite
Cons
You’re left alone for periods of time. The pay.
Praxair 2018-08-08 15:53 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Great place to get foot in the door!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Praxair full-time
Pros
Great bosses, coworkers, and relaxed work environment
Cons
Pay is slightly below industry standard
Praxair 2018-07-23 21:59 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Hands down the best career move to make as a driver ."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
As a driver you are home nightly except on some cases you have a layover , but company pays for hotel and gives you a meal allowance . Very professional atmosphere and they practice safety to the point and they mean it . The management are very knowledgeable in the SOP and the product they manufacture .The pay is weekly and the medical , dental and 401k are extremely reasonable if not above average . They really look out for their drivers . If you want to work and want OT and top pay , I highly recommend .
Cons
I have no cons to mention .
Advice to Management
Please keep up the good work .
Praxair 2018-07-03 03:39 PDT
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