Pros
Colleagues (not leaders) are the best part of Dow. Majority of employees are very nice to work with. Can’t think of any other pros
Cons
The company is headed into wrong direction. The board needs to intervene and purge out incompetent C level executives who have been responsible for driving the stock price from ~60$ to ~20$ in less than a year. The extreme focus on DEI is counter productive - it is costing the company a lot. Promotion freeze and hiring freeze is in place for about a year yet you’ll see higher level directors and fellows get promotions. The policy is not applied to all levels equally. Spending freeze is getting to a ridiculous levels. Workstations haven’t been upgraded for 4+ years. The awards and recognitions have been stopped for over a year. The morale of the workforce is very low. Despite laying off a significant portion of employees, the leaders have unrealistic expectations about the amount of work that needs to be done. The employees have been reduced but the work is still the same if not more. The Dow chemical company from 2022 and from today are not the same. It will probably take years to recover from this position. The company wide surveys for leaders and organization have been discontinued. The flexible work has also been discontinued - the company didn’t fail cause employees had flexibility - the company failed because the leadership has been a disaster. This company needs a fresh start and purging of current C level execs. If you have an offer from Dow, please reconsider it. There’s no growth or promotions for at least 3-4 years.
