LyondellBasell reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,111 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 1,111 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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2.0
Jul 6, 2013

Many Changes Through The Years

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Pros

Good pay with adequate benefits. Health insurance used to be much cheaper. 401k match used to be much better. The company strives to be very safe even though I feel reliability is slipping and this could affect the future safety of the company.

Cons

Many things have changed as we "ALIGN" with corporate. ALL these corporate alignments have been negative. Reduced health benefits, greatly reduced pension (glad we still have one), and less match on the 401k. The company cant keep engineering staff more than 4 years due to a poor tech ladder compensation. Individuals are recognized and promoted for unknown reasons. When someone is rated less than favorable, there is very little constructive feedback. Under the rating system we have now, some have to be placed at the bottom of the pile. It is not performance based as they tell you, it is Bell Curve based. Rhetoric to Flip The Triangle is constantly preached, but it only applies to the hourly. Middle and upper management are only concerned with how you can make them look better, not how to help you succeed at your job. I would agree with an earlier poster that said you are looked down upon if you strive to leave at quitting time. I've been with the company a long time. I've always just been a number, but now I feel the company could care less whether you stay or go. There seems to be no stability or firm ground in the company.

1.0
Jun 27, 2013

The Way We Were

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Pros

Good place to work for many years. All the positives have been erased by new management which has killed the heart and soul of the company.

Cons

No sense of TEAM. It's everyone for himself. Promotions, bonuses and raises must be gained from taking down someone else. Not a healthy environment.

1.0
Jun 27, 2013

Bad Reviews are True

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Pros

Good assets, great industry to be in. (Any company could be profitable in this current environment in the US). Was a great place to work with individual and team contributions that were rewarded and respected until new management came in and wiped out long-term people and placed sole focus on cutting costs and spending less.

Cons

Management obsession with cutting costs is unhealthy and unsustainable. Individuals are not valued -- simply used and tossed aside. Good-old-boy network constructed by the CEO has run off good people and left the CEO surrounded by yes-men (people) afraid to stand up to him. Employees are fearful of speaking up -- knowing that bad news results in terminated messengers.

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