Is LyondellBasell a good company to work for?

LyondellBasell has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 1,437 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 67% of employees would recommend working at LyondellBasell to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about LyondellBasell have been left by employees working as Engineering Co-Op , Production Engineer and Intern .

Does LyondellBasell pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, LyondellBasell employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at LyondellBasell. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at LyondellBasell?

67% of LyondellBasell employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated LyondellBasell 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at LyondellBasell?

Operations (32) , Engineer (31) , Process Operator (30) , Operator (24) , Manager (18) , Operations Technician (17) , Production Operator (17) , Process Engineer (16) , Engineering Co-Op (14) , Project Manager (14) , Account Specialist (13) , Senior Engineer (13) , Intern (12) , Process Technician (11) , Production Engineer (11)

What are the pros of working at LyondellBasell according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay; good for mid" ((in 130 reviews)); "Benefits were good and company had pension plan" ((in 127 reviews)); "Great people and collaboration at lower levels" ((in 97 reviews)); "Good salary and boost to CV" ((in 51 reviews)); "Company Culture is great and receiving" ((in 50 reviews))

What are the cons of working at LyondellBasell according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management work employees with no promise of raises and have increased days in the office" ((in 69 reviews)); "If you have a bad manager, you're kinda up the creek." ((in 24 reviews)); "Bad leadership and CEO." ((in 22 reviews)); ".long hours and sometimes low moral" ((in 17 reviews)); "Extreme favoritism displayed." ((in 16 reviews))

What are employees saying about LyondellBasell layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about LyondellBasell layoffs and their outlook for job security at LyondellBasell in 2026.

What LyondellBasell locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Lake Charles , Corpus Christi , Morris , Evansville , Clinton , Cincinnati , Pasadena , Channelview

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LyondellBasell reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,110 total reviews)

Peter Vanacker

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

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

Oct 9, 2011

Once great, now destroyed by greedy senior management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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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.

1.0

Sep 20, 2011

Bad management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Senior management (I would not use the term 'Leaders') are driving all good employees out of this once great company

Cons

Bad management is destroying this company

2.0

Aug 22, 2011

Adios

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

With many of our peers already gone and others leaving in droves to other owner operators we have excellent networking opportunities.

Cons

Unfortunately when companies go down the path that Lyondellbasell is going, the end result can be catastrophic. I only hope no one gets hurt. But something will happen. Turnover is horrendous and senior management is doing nothing. Very competent senior folks are leaving, and it is getting very scary, listening to the remaining fools make some serious decisions that could affect lots of folks.

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