Politicians wanted, good scientists need not apply - Scientist Eastman Employee Review

Eastman is not as ethical as advertised. Promotions are given based looks, how well you bow to upper management, and whether you are put on the magical “chosen one” list in your first couple of weeks on the job. There is truly a “chosen one” list, yet no one can seem to explain how the “chosen ones” are identified. There's no way it can be based on talent given that they are chosen before it is possible to evaluate their skills. It must be based on looks; just take a look at the leadership team. Oh and how about ethics for a company that notices Glassdoor rankings are dropping and fluffs the numbers instead of actually addressing the real problems within the company? Just take a look at the groupings of the 5 star ratings that come out clumped together. Hmmm, are selected employees' being bribed to put in positive rankings? Eastman is also a top heavy company. We just went through a round of layoffs and rather than purge from the top, the talented, harder working, higher salaried non management employees were targeted.