Eastman reviews

Huge focus on quarterly financial results has led to large cost cuts and layoffs that are bad for moral and may eventually cause the plant to shut down due to ignored upkeep. Eastman's biggest asset are its people, and the layoffs and poor raises and bonuses have made them feel underappreciated. HUGE effort and personal sacrifices were made by a significant % of employees to being the new recycling plant over the finish line, and the majority of them were not recognized in any genuine way. Retention is poor and we are losing valuable employees. Finally, town halls and management announcements do not focus on positives, they always open up with excuses for why results aren't better, just filled with pessimism and the same mantra of "poor demand... de-inventorying... challenging economy.... yada yada yada." Let's just focus on making sound decisions for the future health and function of the plant, and reward our talent. Financial results will follow.

Recently focused on “streamlined workflows” that fail but remains a corporate mandate despite design flaws. Work life balance is terrible if you’re trying to do all that is required. Recognition of extra efforts often ignored . systematically overloading workers to do “ only what’s important “ resulting in jobs that can never be completed and increasing safety ruu in ska and moral.