Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,430 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

65% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,430 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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3K reviews
4.0
Feb 13, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great culture! It's a large company that feels like a small company! Dow offers some great benefits, such as great healthcare, workout facilities at most locations, performance awards at the beginning of each year, job flexibility (being able to easily move to different areas of the company), employee education reimbursement, and much more. Dow also provides great on-site training to its employees! Though Employee Development Center, Dow employees can take classes on things related to their career and learn how to become successful leaders in their areas. Dow is a great place to start your career at to gain some real world experience.

Cons

The company expects a lot of hours out of you for a salary job. No overtime is offered so you may be working 60-80 hour weeks to get the job done sometimes.

1.0
Feb 1, 2009
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
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?

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