Does Dow pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Dow employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Dow. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Dow?

72% of Dow employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Dow 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Dow?

Engineer (69) , Process Operator (66) , Estagiário (65) , Customer Service Representative (63) , Intern (61) , Account Manager (60) , Production Engineer (59) , Process Engineer (39) , Research Scientist (38) , Maintenance Engineer (36) , Operator (34) , Improvement Engineer (33) , Internship (30) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (28) , Mechanical Engineer (28)

What are the pros of working at Dow according to real employee reviews?

"I thought benefits are good but now that I'm in a new companay I realized that Dow is nowhere close to other Oil/Chemical companies." ((in 348 reviews)); "good pay and very safe" ((in 275 reviews)); "Flexibility and great people to work with" ((in 253 reviews)); "good and work life balance" ((in 227 reviews)); "Dow’s culture is to push employees to learn more and do more HR has a good culture" ((in 173 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Dow according to real employee reviews?

"Management in this area is poor and biased on personal opinion and not merit." ((in 110 reviews)); "Wish they have better control on bad leadership." ((in 54 reviews)); "Some very bad managers are in positions of power." ((in 39 reviews)); "Long hours and some weird personalities" ((in 29 reviews)); "If you can get lucky and avoid the favoritism, you may say there are no cons besides the few choices for food options." ((in 23 reviews))

What are employees saying about Dow layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Dow layoffs and their outlook for job security at Dow in 2026.

Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,433 total reviews)

Jim Fitterling

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Career opportunities

3.3

Senior management

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,433 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

4.0

Jun 7, 2011

Well-rounded employee development, and ambitious transformation agenda keep things interesting

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Well-rounded employee development agenda; Ambitious corporate transformation strategy to put the company on a new growth trajectory; Noble and industry-leading mission and purpose of resolving critical problems of humanity as well as leading the industry in sustainability and safety practices above board.

Cons

Decision making is still too centralized at the headquarters although this is currently said to be evolving to becoming more business- and geography-driven; Work life balance is also a challenge as there are too many evening meetings needed between regional site to arrive at concensus on key decisions amidst the timezone challenge.

4.0

May 24, 2011

Great experience to work with people of various fields of science and engineering

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work with many of the best in the industry. Dow Chemical has good reputation of excellence and people are usually willing to help out and collaborate on projects.

Cons

Compensation is of a chemical company ... does not compare to a petrochemical company like Exxon or Shell or Chevron. Freeport location not very pretty ... but that's true for any plant environment.

4.0

May 21, 2011

Lots of technical satisfaction

Senior engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technical satisfaction good career growth recongnition for the work

Cons

not competetive pay less attention to employee development management is okay

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