Dow Process Automation Engineer reviews

4.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

99% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Process Automation Engineer employees have rated Dow with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Process Automation Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Dow is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Process Automation Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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19 reviews
4.0
Jul 9, 2024
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Pros

Great culture/work environment, progressive workplace policies and diverse employment, decent leave, decent pay and benefits. Cool technology. Engineers have an insane amount of autonomy.

Cons

For a massive chemical company, the pay is just okay (companies like ineos will pay 10-20% more). Everyone is afraid to take risks or do anything differently than it has been done before. Everyone plays it safe, and new ideas are questioned or shunned. People are siloed big time, and the culture actually reenforces the silo-ing (it's not our job/department) and this often results in finger pointing about who is supposed to do what. There is often too much autonomy for the engineers, resulting in a lack of coherent direction or goals for a team/group.

5.0
Mar 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

People: This company is full of very smart, very motivated people. You won't have any trouble fitting in if you're eager to get going. Slugs might want to look elsewhere. Culture: Fantastic, helpful, supportive, and non toxic. Leaders lead from the front, including the CEO, who was raised up in Dow like almost all of the senior staff. Basically, if someone is in that position it's because they know what they are doing. Also worth noting that work life balance is great at Dow, including for on site plant personnel. Training: there is a class for everything and you'll be assigned a mentor who's job it is to ensure you actually develop (you're not alone and it's not sink or swim). Pay and benefits: good pay, good benefits, and very flexible leave schedules. Technology: Dow is a materials science powerhouse that contracts out very little of the actual work. They have more than enough cool stuff to sink your teeth into, be it automation, chemical/process engineering, materials science, etc.

Cons

Salary is less than comparable privately owned chem majors. BUT BEWARE: those companies have much more toxic/strenuous work environments and longer hours.

4.0
Aug 19, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great employee resource group focus. Competitive salary for working in the chemical industry. Great heath benefits and very affordable comprehensive insurance plans.

Cons

Tough interactions with operators. Not competitive to Oil and Gas industry salaries. Long commutes to work for operations work, unless you live in a plants city.

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