Downfall of a once great employer, layoff culture - Marketing Communications Eastman Employee Review

2.0
Nov 19, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Good insurance and 401k match. Company cafeteria food and on site coffee bar were great,

Cons

I left a great, stable job to join Eastman and my role was eliminated (I am so angry at myself for joining this company) Read on... Constant fear of layoffs. Overall silent, poor culture. Everyone is afraid of speaking up or being anything other than a 'yes' man. Super woke culture, constant push for DEI education. No one in corporate knows what anyone else is doing. Annual and semiannual review process is daunting and time consuming. No onboarding or training (widely known fact across the board) MarCom department is not respected at all and was mostly disbanded with many key jobs sent to Mexico City rather than within USA (this company is not for the home team) and Specialty Plastics is the worst possible culture and business anyone could join - do not join this team! Other BUs at Eastman appear to be great, full of happy people - but not SP! Run!!

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Cons

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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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