Pros
The only pro now is the money, which is 30-50% below industry competitors. Still a few good people left (not for long).
Cons
Ready for a novel? Apollo bought Univar and its subsidiary chempoint. Fired the management that was doing things well, and then they brought in Austin, a corporate puppy with as much strategy as a 6 year old playing tic tac toe on a Sunday afternoon. The guy is clueless. He’s never ran a company …never mind one that’s probably worth $600-900m. This means, he promoted yes-men to the wrong positions, and suddenly, it’s turned into backstabbing, micromanaging, policing, hypocrisy, complete lack of merit, and favoritism. To cut costs and pretend the numbers are up, they just fire people. There’s a lot of politics, games, and people getting canned for nearly made up reasons. I’ve seen multiple former colleagues that were with the company for 10-15 years, get fired like they were nothing. That’s when I knew I had to run out of this dumpster fire. I now have 2 offers lined up and I’m excited to leave this place after 4 years. It used to be a 3.5/5, now it’s one of those places, you know you have to leave. I feel bad for the new hires, they really have no idea what they’re getting into. I still remember how casual Austin was in the meeting when he updated the company that the Europe team was laid off. He downplayed it, and if you didn’t pay attention, you wouldn’t think much of it. I know multiple people that were fired by surprise, and didn’t receive their annual bonus. That’s like $20-$40k, but they conveniently fired them before the payout to ensure they don’t get it. That’s as few hundred thousand dollars they worked for, that the company decided they didn't want to payout and it’s only possible if looked at folks as though they were expendable.
