Absolutely no vision - Process Engineer Arkema Employee Review

1.0
Jan 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Seems to be a good bit of short-term talent at the plant levels. There are some nice locations in the fleet?

Cons

Unfortunately, they have not learned that you can not profit from having the largest safety group in a corporation I have ever seen or heard of. There are too many followers that lack originality at the corporate level. The "puppets" are promoted while the talent at the plant level leaves for better positions. This has been a trend for many years. The review process is some absurd targeted selection process developed for managers that have no idea of what type of questions to ask a potential employee during an interview. There does not exist any sense of knowledge, by managers, as to how to promote their own people. There exists a culture that is, essentially, brainwashed in and removes all originality from the culture.

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Arkema Response
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We are sorry your experience with us for 8 years has been unsuccessful. We hope that you managed to give your opinion with your managers or HR before leaving as it might help us to improve and prevent further disappointment with future employees. We wish you the best in the future!

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