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      Solvay

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      Solvay reviews

      4.1

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (859 total reviews)
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      Philippe KEHREN

      93% approve of CEO

      53% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      Solvay has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 859 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent 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
      Aug 15, 2010

      Rampant European Incompetence

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      OK work environment in Marietta HQ. Competent people at the VP level and below in Marietta. Atlanta area is very comfortable living environment. Cost of Living is low, relative to Solvay salaries.

      Cons

      Totally incompetent and Eurocentric leadership. Huge divide between the European and US approaches to clinical and regulatory development. Abbott is very likely to clean house by the end of 2010, and retain few Solvay R&D employees.

      4.0
      May 1, 2010

      Great Benefits, Opportunity for Training, Work from Home environment.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      There was a small developent group which gave you the opportunity to work on different technologies. All of the departments were very close so you could easilly work out software issues with logisitics, accounting, manufacturing, and hr departments by walking down the hall.

      Cons

      The parent company in Brussels dictated policy and procedures to the step child in Houston. Senior management was "strongly encouraged" to use staffing from Europe on major projects. Training was provided, however, there was very little opportunity since ex-pats were the ones that received the new opportunities. Many of the employees in IT had been in the company for 20+ years so that made for very little advancement. Reviews were held once a year and very little feedback was provided during the year on work completed.

      2.0
      Mar 20, 2010

      Lots of responsibilities but few opportunities for promotion.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great benefit package Smart people Lots of projects Location Cost of Living First level of management has a great deal of responsibility

      Cons

      Lack of transparency Consensus decision making Very flat organization - few opportunity to be promoted in the R&D sector Little or no training

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