PolyOne Reviews

Former Employee – worked at PolyOne full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – * top class polymer company

Cons – No cons in my view

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PolyOne full-time for more than a year

Pros – Well Structured and well organise

Cons – Career Progression Slow, Lack of Innovation

Advice to Senior Management – Need a change in the management style

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Nice environment, competitive salary, q

Cons – Kind of small company, working on many fields, sometime few resources to work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne

Pros – Excellent pay and bonus structure
So far able to withstand economic downturns
Many training opportunities in soft skills (leadership, presentations, management, etc)

Cons – Leadership is by fear and intimidation
Expected to work while on vacations/holidays
Lack of advancement opportunity
Many at VP level and above are arrogant and demeaning
Lack of training opportunity in job related tasks
Very low employee morale

Advice to Senior Management – Realize there is a difference between being a strong leader or a condescending manager that makes demands based solely on the feeling of privilege .

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Excellent portfolio to offer customer base.

Cons – Tough to do business with as each unit functions independent of each other.

Advice to Senior Management – Break down silos for benefit of customers and to become more streamlined and efficient.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PolyOne full-time

Pros – Consistent path to achieve specialization as a differenciator

Cons – Evolving organizational culture. Below average HR management

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne

Pros – Industry leader in its space, clear vision, team that delivers.

Cons – Senior management not diverse, struggling with specialization, prone to cyclical business swings.

Advice to Senior Management – Grow revenues.

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne

Pros – Great pay and the people are genuinely nice and supportive.

Cons – The work can get very boring very fast. I mean, it's plastics. How exciting can that get? Something needs to be done to alleviate the monotony.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a more vested interest in the mental and emotional health of your employees. Sometimes the mind cannot handle another minute of staring at a computer and that should be seen as normal and ok.

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne

Pros – Performed well during downturn. Stable job.

Cons – Can be more clear on long term goals.

Advice to Senior Management – Great job managing through crisis during the recent recession.

Current Employee – been working at PolyOne

Pros – Challenging work
Great people to work with
Good IT platform
Good knowledge sharing
Great safety record

Cons – Poor/no succession planning
People development needs work
People are generally overloaded with work, especially at the manufacturing plants
People who work at the plants are generally looked down upon by head office
Lean six sigma program misguided?

Advice to Senior Management – Develop your people and train your managers to be coaches. Re-focus the Lean Six Sigma program on process improvement, instead of using it as a tool to save money.