Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,435 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

63% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,435 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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3.0
Dec 9, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunities to learn new skills..if you show enthusiasm, play by the rules and willing to work exhaustive hours and provide the company with real dollar returns, you will be rewarded with even more opportunities to try new skills, more work, higher expectations. How much energy do you have? You will require all of it to maintain your job for an entire career. Co-workers were great, a lot of collaboration across departments. High emphasis on safety

Cons

They want all of your life. Don't even think about work life balance. Back in the day, benefits were much better and worth sticking it out but there's no guarantee of that happening. Restructurings happen every 3 - 5 yrs. The new 'pension' plan adopted in 2008 accrues imaginary points (not dollars) that will be valued... later. Projects were often fast tracked to the point of failure.

5.0
Nov 16, 2014

Not worth it

Recommend
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Pros

Big bang projects that go no where.

Cons

Those projects get killed in couple of years and your boss gives you kudos for it...and big bonus..and more money to start another pre-failed project. The so called "Scientists" are only interested in getting more patents for themselves and not interested in commerce.

1.0
Nov 11, 2014

Complete nightmare

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Salary was decent; there is a lot of training provided, but it is tedious and time consuming; that is all I can say that is positive

Cons

Poor management; no guidance; no work/family balance as they claim; extensive time focused on work processes no one follows; unrealistic expectations

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