LyondellBasell reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,110 total reviews)
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Peter Vanacker

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

LyondellBasell has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,110 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LyondellBasell 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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1K reviews
2.0
Aug 11, 2025

Bad culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Retirement related benefits - 6% 401K match and 6% pension contribution (vested after 3 years)

Cons

Bad managers will ruin everything, pretend to be a good leader in meetings with higher ups, yet only look after themselves . Company performance keeps sliding, bonus were not paid at target rates.

1.0
Aug 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health Insurance and the Pay that’s about it.

Cons

Lack of leadership in management, toxic gossip culture, “it’s who you know not what you know” opportunities. Easy burnout due to overtime DUE to shortage of employees in units.

4.0
Aug 5, 2025

Good people Bad Times

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

very forward looking, good people across the board

Cons

rounds of layoffs this year and aer looking at going back to fully in person

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