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      Dow

      Engaged Employer

      Dow reviews

      3.9

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (3,429 total reviews)
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      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

      Reviews by job title

      3K reviews
      4.0
      Oct 25, 2008

      Company is a great place to work, Lake Jackson is NOT a great place to live.

      Chemical engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Dow Chemical as a company is a great place to work. Great benefits, great people and a great enviornment.

      Cons

      The location. Lake Jackson, TX is not a place where you would move your family. The weather is terrible, it is in the path of hurricanes and the people are bigots. Most engineers (ones that are not originally from Lake Jackson) live in Pearland a commute 40 miles each way so that they don't have to live anywhere near Lake Jackson. The other locations that I have worked, Midland and Charleston, WV were a lot better than the Texas locations.

      2.0
      Oct 16, 2008

      here's my take on Dow.

      Technical service and development engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Dow Chemical is a large company with significant corporate overhead and procedures in place. Dow is great for training programs, safety and health training and process control. This is a great company to begin a career and train. Dow is very active in promoting diversity and inclusion. Corporate headquarters are in Midland, MI, the location of a chemical plant so management is not isolated from any issues at the plant.

      Cons

      Dow is trying to turn itself into a specialty company and management believes it is on the right track with the purchase of Rohm and Haas. However, middle and lower management has not bought into this approach and with so few managers nowdays, a single manager has wide latitude when making decisions. Dow has many employees who have spent their whole career at Dow and many of these employees are just hanging around to get their retirement and medical benefits. Dow is pushing diversity and inclusion and white males are often overlooked for promotional opportunities.

      5.0
      Oct 13, 2008

      I had a terrific experience working for Dow Chemical.

      Run plant engineer
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Pay was great! Experienced engineers helped younger engineers. Dow offered lots of training to everybody. I always felt my plant managers were monitoring my career growth.

      Cons

      In order to meet budgets, repair of equipment was often delayed. As a result, Plant A in Freeport is in disrepair.

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