Run away, far away! - Anonymous employee Symrise Employee Review

1.0
Nov 1, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Vacation benefits were great, workload was average.

Cons

US management was incompetent and only out for themselves. Many were so high on themselves and thought they were doing a great job, while the opposite was true. It was very clique-ish and if you weren't in the clique, then there was no chance of advancement. I routinely shook my head at many of the promotions while I was there, because it certainly was never due to ability. The able and hard working employees were the ones leaving, either by their own choice or by management's. Benefits were on par with the rest of the food industry, but wages were far lower. Inter-plant politics were a joke and were driving down morale and the business.

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