Solvay reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(859 total reviews)
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Philippe KEHREN

93% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Solvay has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 859 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solvay 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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859 reviews
2.0
Nov 27, 2018

Poor management

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Pros

Good pay but not competitive with other sites in the area. Lowest pay on the scale for a EO/PO facility. Good 401k 9% match.

Cons

Management brings moral and motivation down to its lowest. From what I read. Someone has spoken more on the issues. OT is a huge issue for this site. None is given when coverage is needed. They want to run two reactors and shipping out at a fast pace with no help in the field. Operators are getting tired and exhausted. Management wants to question every move from operations without giving a proper break. Rushing is a big problem. They push for little to no help per shift. Rail moves always leave one or two operators to run the whole site. They are asking for someone to get hurt. Bring this to their attention and it’s operations problem. I can go on and on. A previous review says it all.

2.0
Nov 19, 2018

The kings will eat before it's peasants.

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Pros

walking out the gate to go home.

Cons

Management has created a hostile environment between it's employees. No one on hrly pay can trust 98% of the management for the fact of the lies and deceiving statements in which they have told then back out of when confronted. Engineers coming for their rotation are quick to understand that it's not where they want to be from upper management forcing their hands. Maintenance Dept. is down to none. Outside contracted to do the work. With only 3 maintenance hands, they are forced to do a job they are not qualified for. One does electric work, in which is his trade and then is has to do work outside his job scope. Operations Dept. has had the USW to come in and help get things straighten with the tyrannical attitudes of the current management in charge. The anti-trust rule in the code of conduct has been broken and they have spoken up to get the pay, work load, and overtime straighten out once and for all. Lab is the only thing we see that has good people running as well as a manager that cares for it's lab folks. Never leading them through the deception of something good and not delivering. He stands up for his department.

4.0
Nov 18, 2018

Marketing Associate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good culture and good place to stick around

Cons

The process of company is very slow

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