Interesting job but mediocre compensations / horrible HR management - Anonymous employee Arkema Employee Review

2.0
May 7, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Job can be very interesting. Awesome products. - Lots of responsibilities - Interesting company growth strategy - Flexible hours

Cons

- Payroll / reward program are just a joke. Arkema is a cheap company - A few HR managers are absolutely useless. - No excellence/high achiever culture - Nothing done for young talents (no special career tracks / poor recognition). This strategy will bankrupt this company in the long run - Some teams are a way understaffed.

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Pros

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Cons

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Cons

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