Awful Leadership - Chemical Engineer Eastman Employee Review

1.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of capable coworkers that are determined to keep this place running.

Cons

Upper management is terrible, cultivates a toxic culture, and their years of poor leadership have come back to bite everyone - constant cost cutting and annual layoffs have been the theme for at least 3 years now. Most employees are now performing the job of 2-3 people with lower than average pay. Retention is a massive problem, and most of our experienced talent is leaving for more pay and better work/life balance.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

High pay and good learning environment

Cons

Interview process is kind of difficult

4.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

Friendly, helpful colleagues. Vast variety of opportunities for engineers, especially younger ones. Actively supporting the communities where we live and work. Recent changes in management have restored positive outlook.

Cons

A lot of eggs are in the circular-economy basket rather than having the risk more evenly distributed among our product streams. We've lost a lot of talent recently to other businesses, partly because of unhappiness with former management but partly because of pay. Annual pay increases exist but have not even come close to keeping up with inflation.

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