AkzoNobel reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,871 total reviews)

Gregoire Poux-Guillaume

72% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

AkzoNobel has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,871 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AkzoNobel 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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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 30, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most people where nice, just the mid and upper management where unprofessional.

Cons

A very unprofessional exit interview. I was told I should start a new career by the head of HR. I just told him to proceed with the interview. I know now why he said that because my old boss is given me bad references, even if i don't use her as a reference, other companies ask if i worked with her (over 15 yrs.) She is the devil.

2.0
Nov 1, 2018

Chemist I

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible work hours and nice co-workers

Cons

You have no voice or opinion.

1.0
Jan 30, 2018

The worst I've seen

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

A lot of good people work there but they are in the lower ranks.

Cons

Supervisors bully and micro-manage everything, including coworker friendships, who to talk to, who to say hello to, etc. Management runs a rumor mill of fabricated stories about employees and instigates hostility between the groups. There is no HR presence so the managers are free to do as they please. An HR rep comes around every few weeks to fire someone which keeps the atmosphere tense. Management has very limited technical knowledge. Management routinely falsifies lab data. Employees who don't go along are terminated. The medical insurance deductibles are so high it is unlikely that one would ever use it. The pay is less than the industry average. There are no raises, reviews or bonuses. Management purports to have a review and bonus program but that is just to bring in people at a lower salary. Management is very hostile towards its customers. When I left, it became necessary to file a complaint with the state to get all of my pay, which I did. Here in Michigan that is the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Use them if you need to.

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