great company with benefits, Mgmt style too chaotic - Shift Team Leader Evonik Employee Review

5.0
Apr 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

great shopfloor culture Excellent benefit, hard to compete with on Island, amongst other petrochemical companies. Lotsa room for growth here, due to dynamic process environment market leader in this product

Cons

very poor mgmt style, takes too long to make simple decision as alignment needed for all decisions made and it seems to be every plant for itself kinda thinking. salary at tech level is low, compared against others in the market. bonus used to be better in the early ears, before changing the way bonus is paid out.

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5.0
Feb 1, 2026
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Pros

Handle chemistry very well in my opnion

Cons

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2.0
Feb 10, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is good, bonuses are low, benefits have decreased every year Lunch in cafeteria is great Shift relief time was good, had enough time after work to be with family We sure miss Bonnie out there , she’s great.

Cons

Micromanaging - Extreme lack of trust Overall morale for the whole site is way down starting from 2018 Bias Backstabbing Incompetency - certain employees promoted to next level without actually knowing or understanding the process No work life balance, we’re told that doesn’t apply to production workers. Overtime hours avg 400-700 hours a year No room for employee growth or thoughts on process productivity/troubleshooting acknowledged if you’re not in the clique 3-2-2-3 shift schedule swapping from nights to day each time led to overall fatigue. Needs to be 2 weeks of nights and 2 weeks of days. HR is an overall joke, they used to be superb until COVID and the new site manager. Preach safety but turn a blind eye when it’s convenient to reach production. Then fault the operators or maintenance personnel if something happens.

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