Dow reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,444 total reviews)
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Jim Fitterling

64% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Dow has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,444 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dow employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
Oct 12, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big company and alot of opportunities

Cons

If you get stuck in the wrong place getting out can be hard

5.0
Oct 11, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Competitive salary -Great corperate strategy -Work with some of the best and brightest in the industry -Very open and communicative corperate culture. Great communication at all levels. -Safety. Dow has one of the best safety programs in the industry with process safety pemployees involved in a wide range of international consortiums etc.

Cons

-Performance review methodology causes significant angst amongst employees. Forces people into a ranked system with capped quantities of employees allowed in each rank. Quite subjective and depending on how good of a leader you have, could result in questionable rankings.

4.0
Oct 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people with a can-do spirit. Dow has a reputation of overworking their employees, but this is not seen so much in Engineering Solutions. Engineering Solutions is perfect for someone looking to reap all the benefits of a large company, but still have a 8-5 job (very flexible on hours).

Cons

As a Civil Engineer there are not many opportunities for upward advancement. The only opportunities are to become a project manager, or to move into a non engineering role.

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