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 353 reviews)); "good pay and very safe" ((in 287 reviews)); "Flexibility and great people to work with" ((in 256 reviews)); "good and work life balance" ((in 225 reviews)); "Dow’s culture is to push employees to learn more and do more HR has a good culture" ((in 172 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 105 reviews)); "Poor leadership and management" ((in 56 reviews)); "Some very bad managers are in positions of power." ((in 38 reviews)); "Long hours and swing shift" ((in 28 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 21 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.

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3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,432 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 3,432 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

1.0

Feb 1, 2009

Time to revisit strategy

Operations leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Not very many now. Company is going through some challenging times. Lot of exposure to different projects. Self motivation is encouraged. Opportunity to work on international projects across time zones.

Cons

Very consensous oriented culture. Too much time spent in meetings. It is challenging to get much work done outside of meetings. Bonuses and pay raises have not been very good for the past few years. Travel budget has been severely curtailed. Challenges in getting approval to do business travel. Lot of cost cutting and pull backs across the board. Would not encourage new graduates to consider Dow as first career option.

3.0

Jan 31, 2009

Focus on the people to help them get their work done and not restructuring every single Management change.

Manager in purchasing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People at Dow are wonderful. Lots of opportunities and work that needs to get done from lower to higher levels. Culture is relaxed and people are very helpful if they are available. A very team oriented environment with some great leaders. Safety and people are always first.

Cons

A lot of work with no pay raises and bonuses at time. Management likes to restructure every single time we change management. Not a lot of people who have a lot of time to do all the work and opportunities to get the work done. Meetings upon meetings upon meetings. How do you get anything done?

4.0

Jan 7, 2009

Dow Chemical is found to be an excellent place of employment.

Legal co-op

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are many opportunities and places for advancement. Someone could move up the career ladder fairly quickly.

Cons

This is not the most stable of companies at this time. The economy, as it is, is creating excess hardships on all businesses, and Dow Chemical is quick to lay off employees to counter the rising costs of business.

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