Concerned with current trajectory of the company - Anonymous employee Eastman Employee Review

2.0
Aug 21, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Eastman is one of few large companies in the area, and while compensation package is no longer competitive like they used to be, you will have opportunities to move arouns the company and gain experience in different roles.

Cons

Total pay is based on length of service or experince and not really results or performance. Even with Eastman's "pay for performance" model, actual performance has minimal to no impact on salary. Total comp is no longer competitive with market and engineers are leaving for significant pay increases elsewhere. Company is laying off people at least every other year. Huge drive on effectiveness and increasing output with less staff supporting an aging (100+ yrs old) facility in Kingsport.

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5.0
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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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