Good Experience for Very Little Pay
Pros
The culture and people that work for Dow are very good people to work with. For the most part it is not a cut throat work place and there is not a competitive, cut others down to get ahead mind set on the surface. You are given a lot of responsibility quickly and are expected to take initiative to either find the solution or find the correct people who have the expertise that can point you in the right direction.
Cons
There is a horrible performance evaluation system in place at Dow. It is weighted very little on actual performance, work ethic, devotion to your work and more weighted on who likes you and who is willing to push for your upward movement in the company. It is well known through out the company that employees company wide disagree with the evaluation system, but management continues to turn a blind eye. Pay again is very low for industry average which is surprising since Dow is a leading chemical producer. Again management seems to not care that pay is the number one complaint from employees and seems to operate on the premise that as long as they can hire college graduates and keep hiring their retired workers out of retirement they will not raise their salaries. Employee turn over is extremely high due to low pay and the understanding that if you are not selected to be placed on the high performers list within your first year or two with the company you will never progress through the company no matter how hard you try.
