Pros
Eastman has many different opportunities for engineers. It has a history of treating its employees better than many competitors.
Cons
For several years, Eastman has been reducing benefits and engaging in negative performance feedback and rewards, due to "benchmarking" against the industry averages. We have better than average benefits, so management views this as a cost savings opportunity. In the last two years they have started forcing the lower management to reduce the bonuses of more people, by larger amounts, as a way to provide funds to reward the high performers. This year there is a forced distribution of "exceeds", "meets", and "does not meet" expectations, with the further addition of "partially meets." They say this doesn't mean "does not meet", but what other conclusion is an employee to come to? They also claim this isn't a forced distribution, but the implementation of the system does indeed force it at very low levels. This is moving to a system where it is necessary for one of your coworkers to lose, for you to gain. This kind of system has been rejected as not workable by companies like GE that used it for years.