Once great, now destroyed by greedy senior management - Anonymous employee LyondellBasell Employee Review

2.0
Oct 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great team atmosphere (we are in this mess together..so let's help each other mentality) Very competent direct colleages (although leaving company in increasing pace) Great business to be in Above average compensation

Cons

Company morale is vey low and overall atmosphere is negative CEO an sr management are destroying the company CEO has only read '80 management books and uses that stile. Rule by fear and gap closures.... Employees and management are scared of the CEO and therefore controproductive and commercially wrong decisions are taking. Employees in the company have given up and stopped caring. Company changes benefits one sided. Jobs are relocated and employees have to apply on their own jobs which in the meantime have been downgraded to a lower compensation level. This company and especially the CEO/senior management behaves very unethical. No trust anymore in employees from senior management. No rsspect for employees and customers from sr management. They only care about their own compensation and how good they are in cutting cost.

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Thank you so much for the kind comments! At LYB, we strive to champion people, and feedback like yours emphasizes the importance of that commitment.
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