Sasol Reviews
Updated Aug 23, 2019
Found 175 reviews
"Fantastic workplace with good work life balance" (in 11 reviews)
"Excellent benefits, strong Company, personal advancement possibilities, relative job security" (in 8 reviews)
"Lots of red tape, many many meetings upon meetings" (in 5 reviews)
"South Africa is the headquarter parent company and has an agenda to fulfill, so do the people that they send to work in the US" (in 4 reviews)
"Great Company to Work For!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Sasol full-time for more than a year
Pros
Lots of job growth, and many opportunities to grow with the company.
Cons
Promotions are far and few in time, but management is working to improve the rate of promotions for people.
Sasol2019-04-17"Company going through transition"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Sasol full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Decent benefits and employees are friendly
Cons
Management needs improvement, somewhat disconnected from lower level employees
Advice to Management
Model the principles of the company...don't just speak it.
Sasol2019-08-16"Pressure Drives Bad Choices - Extreme Pressures Drives Catastrophes"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Sasol full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
High turn over of senior roles can provide career growth to many. Good experience for junior level employees.
Cons
Management by intimidation and fear. Failure to deliver commitments to personnel. Few if any of the "perks" discussed in interviews ever delivered upon.
Advice to Management
Listen to the teams on the ground. Five years of ignoring experience because you know better has nearly sunk the entire company. Listen. Listen. Listen.
Sasol2019-08-23- Helpful (1)
"Abysmal Pay for Houston"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Sasol full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great coworkers at middle management and below.
Cons
Bonuses are slim to none this year largely due to poor project management and execution. The non-executives are taking a huge hit on the chin due to already anemic base pay levels.
Advice to Management
Sasol's Houston office has a serious problem with pay. Expats from South Africa get huge packages and living allowances, while American employees in Houston are paid substantially below market in a number of critical functions. US-based senior management could address attrition by setting competitive pay and reducing the lengthy vesting period for 401k benefits but chooses to do nothing. Sad.
Sasol2019-06-15 "Good company overall"
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RecommendsI worked at Sasol for less than a year
Pros
Its almost impossible for an operator to get fired
Cons
Operators treat contractors like they're nothing
Sasol2019-04-19"Excellent company to work for."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Sasol full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Cafeteria, nice offices, friendly staff
Cons
Commute is far from home
Sasol2019-04-01"Customer Service Specialist"
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RecommendsI have been working at Sasol
Pros
Great company overall! Good people, beautiful Facility.
Cons
None to report at this time.
Sasol2019-01-10"Process Engineer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Sasol full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Solid benefits, decent work/life balance, friendly work environment and lots of opportunities to work on interesting projects.
Cons
Sometimes a bit unorganized and chaotic.
Sasol2018-12-04"Clerk"
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Pros
Good experience working here. Management was awesome
Cons
Not many cons came out of this
Sasol2018-11-26- Helpful (1)
"Engineer"
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Neutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Sasol full-time for more than a year
Pros
Benefits, Pension, Good People to work with, potential to go from good to great company but needs trust, organization, and honesty.
Cons
Project has been managed poorly so things are disorganized. Pay is 15% to 20% lower than other comparative companies from N.O. to Houston so expect to be low cut when negotiating. Integrity here has taken a blow due to workforce being misled at times. Being a new plant, departments are trying to find their niche and this causes quite a bit of confusion when trying to work together so don't expect things to be well defined...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Be honest with employees upfront no need to bait and switch. Upper Management needs to be the ones who discuss amongst each other how their groups will work together not the employees. Communicate!
Sasol2018-11-10