Eastman reviews

Very poor employee satisfaction below the management level.Have had very good performance the last few years but have constantly cut benefits and given only minor cost of living raises.Cut retiree benefits to the very people that have made the company what it is today. Upper management has enjoyed large bonuses and pay increases While the majority of the company has suffered. George Eastman would be disappointed at what his company has become.Have worked for them for 43 years. If only the company treated the employees as it did in the first few years I worked there.

Despite what the company says or how it talks about itself in the media, there seems to be a shift from innovation to mergers and acquisitions. Upper management is increasingly from a business background than engineering, which creates a disconnect--perhaps why it feels like such a class system of elites vs. working people. It's a schism that seems to be growing. Employees are asked to tighten our belts but there doesn't seem to be any lack of perks for execs. Another con is that Kingsport smells from all the industry. But you can live a short way away and be ok.