Was a great company. How far the mighty fall - Principal Process Engineer Eastman Employee Review

2.0
Jul 6, 2025
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Pros

Tattered core values; vanishing cultural advantage

Cons

Slow to adopt premium leadership strategies. Harvard matrix is driving reward this-year, punish next-year culture that accelerates a "what have you done for me today" driving force. There is dis-incentive for ambition for promotion because of this, and incentive for getting ahead dishonestly. This is deteriorating the soul and culture of a once superior place to work innovate, and succeed in the chemical workplace.

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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
Recommend
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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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