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      Solvay

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      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

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      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      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
      Aug 23, 2016

      Had a unique corporate culture but lost it with Rhodia acquisition

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I worked at Solvay 27 years and enjoyed its unique corporate culture. Was a matricial organisation, Very competent and dedicated staff members for whom Solvay was like a family. Trust, team work, commitment, respect. Of course it was a bit slow in decision making but never made mistakes. A leader in all its businesses. Very international. Family owned and managed, so long term oriented. Life careers with lot of development opportunities.

      Cons

      With the acquisition of Rhodia (with the proceeds of the sale of the Pharma division), we have attended a full reverse take-over. Management and culture are now French. Short term and performance oriented. Opportunistic for careers (external hiring preferred).

      4.0
      Aug 9, 2016

      Good Job but stressful

      Production engineer
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      Pros

      Good salary Lots of advancement opportunity Good Benefits Many locations world wide

      Cons

      Mostly Union plants in U.S., can lead to toxic/negative work environment High management turnover (pro if you're looking to move up quickly) 24/7 production leads to a lot of stress and being on call frequently Hard to advance above middle mgmt. if you're not willing to re-locate every 3 years

      1.0
      Jul 15, 2016

      disappointed

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      at least I make money

      Cons

      I understand safety is important but they try to just find stuff to write you up for. the management is worthless the company solvay bought us from ran much smoother and was making record sales monthly now were lucky to have a job. management is very vindictive and they don't post jobs like they should they just give them to who ever they want

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