Johns Manville reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(424 total reviews)
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Bob Wamboldt

67% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Johns Manville has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 424 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Johns Manville employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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424 reviews
2.0
Aug 23, 2016

A great place to work if you hate your family

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Pros

I have to admit that I learned more working at JM in any given 6 month stretch than I did the entire time I was in college. They genuinely do try to develop their people, and promote from inside the company... as long as it is a production position. It's a whole different story on the salaried staff side.

Cons

There are many: - A toxic culture that focuses more on who to blame for problems then actually resolving or (gasp) preventing the problem in the first place - Crushing workload... Be very careful with what responsibilities you accept working with JM. If you touch something once or accept a task, then it will be yours to handle for the rest of your time in the position. If you do well in your position in the beginning, management will continue to pile on more work. Then, once you stop being productive due to the amount of work put on your plate, they will start giving you bad reviews and drive you out. - My position required very little travel when I started, but as the position changed, I started having to travel a lot and had a significant increase in workload. I was never given compensation for the additional work. - Upper management is very hit or miss when it comes to competency. In my department, it as pretty much a long string of misses.

2.0
Aug 21, 2016
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Pros

Paid well with great benefits. When I was injured on the job, they did cover everything that my health insurance did not.

Cons

From the beginning, I begged for training in product knowledge so that I could better support the executives I served. Aside from a half-day orientation, I did not receive any product training -- I felt as if I was floundering the whole time. I was miserable in meetings because they were speaking in the scientific terminology that pertained to the product. Many managers, including the CEO, were jettisoned during my time there so the company was always in flux. The employee facing IT was horrible. JM subscribes to SAP, but it was not set-up in a user friendly configuration so that was, also, always a struggle. It was a relief when they "eliminated" my job two days after I went on surgery leave.

2.0
Jan 22, 2016

Comptetitive Environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of great experience and exposure. If you can follow the cultural norms (see Cons, below), you will get ahead.

Cons

The way to get ahead in this company is to step on others along the way. The Blame Game is a big part of the culture here. Your fellow colleagues will not support you. Instead, they will find a way to make you look bad as a way for them to look better.

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