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Americas Styrenics Reviews

3.6

81% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)
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Randall Pogue, Ph.D

82% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Americas Styrenics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Americas Styrenics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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35 reviews
3.0
24 Oct 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salaries and benefit packages are very competitive. My experiences with raises and work-life balance were positive at one of their manufacturing facilities. That particular facility is a heritage Chevron/Chevron Phillips site and the culture has been significantly different that some of the other locations. That difference was positive with generally decent communication, a great work-life balance, and excellent compensation. The various joint ventures leading to Americas Styrenics have brought both positive and negative experiences, but I am sad to say that most of those have been negative.

Cons

There are limited opportunities for advancement and training at the manufacturing sites. There is only one right way to do anything (driven by one of the "new" JV partners) even if it means turning the clocks back 20 years. This is a smaller company with big market share and it should be nimble and able to act quickly and decisively. Unfortunately, the company is hampered by behaving like a big chemical company. The performance management system does nothing to foster teamwork and collaboration amongst operating sites; there is definitely an "us" against "them" mentality with is further driven by metrics reporting.

1.0
13 Nov 2015

Horrible Management Team!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice office bldg. Good benefits

Cons

Horrible management team, starting at the top. There is no work, home life balance. They work you to death with no appreciation. Management has the mantality that employees are a dime a dozen.

3.0
5 May 2014

Good company. Poor planning and structure.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great location. Beautiful work environment. Great small company to start at to learn how a business is run. Very nice people to work with. Great benefits. Adequate compensation.

Cons

Decisions are passed down without adequately understanding the consequences of the decisions. Too many layers of management and not enough resources. Upper management likes to micro manage middle management and they do not engage with the employees beneath them, except for middle management. Middle management does not manage unless pressure from upper management prompts them to. There is some promotability but the structure and outcome often doesn't make sense. There is zero work life balance, for most. The company is lean and no one has a back-up. You will work every vacation and sick day. Job descriptions do not match roles you will preform and if an employee leaves, their work will be given to you as the company goes leaner.

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