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      Solvay

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      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

      Ratings by category

      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
      4.0
      Sep 3, 2015

      Good company to learn, not to grow

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Many opportunities to learn and get responsabilities quickly. The sites team are "lean" hence you get to see and take part in many different activites.

      Cons

      Each plant is secluded. Hence you do not get the feeling of being part of big organization and even less of a multinational company. Also as HR are inexistant you do not get any options to create your own career path or find other positions within the company. Long story short, except if you are part of the graduate program, do not hope in changing site or position.

      1.0
      Jul 4, 2015

      Lawless Land

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      International staff gives a unique perspective to the work environment.

      Cons

      It seems that everyone in this company is involved in some kind of inappropriate relationship or another. Company funded happy hours that get out of hand and inter-office extramarital romance is commonplace.

      1.0
      May 20, 2021

      easy path to nowhere

      Research scientist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Once you impress the right people, you kind of float by doing the bare minimum and folks will smile at you and form a general consensus that baby, you've got talent! If you paste on a fake smile and a bubbly attitude and don't let anything bug you, you'll do just fine. It's a brownnoser's paradise. Decent diversity and inclusion efforts at all research facilities, especially Stamford. Good work/life balance for those that work; even better for those that don't really do anything! Base compensation was improved in recent years but still falls on the low end of average.

      Cons

      The concept of change is terrifying to most, and several people are okay just sitting in their sad little cubicles rotting away for the entirety of their careers. People are generally extremely unhappy but afraid to speak up outside of their own little cliques which forms a toxic environment for those on the sidelines. The same lazy people will quickly throw you under the bus if you succeed. Technology Solutions GBU never really integrated or recovered after Solvay acquisition largely due to extremely misguided upper management. Low innovation level and boring projects led with a haphazard sense of urgency cause burnout and boredom simultaneously.

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