Poor Management and No Respect for US workers - Senior Scientist Arkema Employee Review

2.0
Nov 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

flexible work hours, very good co-workers

Cons

mediocre pay and benefits, one of the few remaining chemical companies that does not give bonuses to scientists, all major decisions happen in France, only a puppet US management team US workers are not valued (perhaps in the past, but not now)

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Great people Great opportunities Willing to give more responsibility/grow Good work life balance while also still having good drive at work

Cons

Not a lot of cons, everyone is very understanding and the small office could be a downside for resources, but personally did not find that to be an issue

3.0
May 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Site Culture Global specialty materials strategy has proven to be quite good

Cons

Resource constraints. But this is quite common in chemicals/specialty materials these days from what I hear.

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