Leadership is destroying the company - Anonymous employee Sibelco Group Employee Review

1.0
Jun 17, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

No pros come to mind.

Cons

The EVP leading North America has taken something that could practically run itself with minimal oversight, and destroyed it in just over a year. The leadership manages by bullying and intimidation. Many people in leadership/managerial roles behave unethically. There's a gross lack of accountability from the decision makers. They foster a culture of blame rather than ownership. The company began a diversity initiative. However, that "diversity" was only to hire more women. The hiring for diversity guidelines we're asked to follow are questionable at best. After hiring women, the company doesn't do anything to protect it's female employees from predatory or harassing managers. Due to bad managers and poor staffing decisions the company can only operate reactively. There's zero training or development initiatives and the communication from leadership is abysmal. Work/Life balance is nonexistent. The company boasts record profits but as mentioned in other reviews, the annual raise was appalling.

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5.0
Feb 24, 2026
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Pros

It's all just so wonderful. Leadership, especially that from Europe is just so great. They like to change their goals every other day and I think that's great for the employee.

Cons

None, just so so great.

1.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

They improved the benefits, but that doesn’t cover up for their gross incompetence. HR actively trying to get employees to leave positive reviews on Glassdoor, usually around when someone gets a raise or considered for a new position, seems shady right?

Cons

Absolutely in no way should anyone accept a job here, even in desperation. They are an absolute mess, confused, disorganized, not a clue about how to operate a business in the US. Even if you accept a job with them, it’s highly likely that you will be laid off in a matter of months or reorganized out which has happened multiple times in the last 2 years. It’s actually quite amazing that a company can be this incompetent. They don’t actually care about you, especially if you are an American. They layoff long tenured employees with little severance because you’re just a number. Sibelco bankrupted a US company before and appears they learned nothing. It would not surprise me to see bankruptcy in the near future or sell off of parts of the business to stay afloat. Clearly they learned nothing from the last time they were inept and bankrupted a US business. Their European leadership are way in over their heads. It’s actually comical how bad they have messed up in the US glass market, competitors are eating their lunch and they aren’t intelligent enough to compete back. You need to run from this place, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, not even my worst enemy.

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