Great place to work...at one time - Director Evonik Employee Review

2.0
27 Apr 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Salary, good benefits (originally), friendly environment at the Theodore location

Cons

Work life balance doesn't exist, demanding workload, inadequately trained, both work skills and leadership skills people promoted to senior management positions, company doesn't know what they don't know

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Evonik Response
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Thank you for your feedback on this topic. We are sorry to hear that you had a negative experience, and we take your feedback seriously, and we are constantly looking for ways to improve how we do that. We would be happy to receive more feedback from you at employerbranding@evonik.com.

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Cons

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