Symrise reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(395 total reviews)
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Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram

83% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Symrise has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 395 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symrise 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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395 reviews
4.0
Nov 16, 2016

Invest in People

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Invest money into their people for training, room for growth, good medical benefits as well, one of top 5 flavor houses

Cons

Don't pay them market value to keep them, and therefore many leave to go work for competition.

4.0
Nov 16, 2016

Flavor & Fragrance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Well known in industry & high standards. Good incentive programs

Cons

Top 2 in industry very competitive

1.0
Nov 1, 2016

Run away, far away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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