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      LyondellBasell

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      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

      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
      1.0
      Oct 5, 2016

      Confusion

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Horrible place to work for me to much stress

      Cons

      I was there for 12 years and was released from employment because they have no need for my services. I was 59 years old, no degree, but my work was impeccable. I am also black.

      1.0
      Apr 12, 2016

      Lying Cheating "Birds of a Feather"

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent benefits but that's about it...Company has gone from Great to Bad to Terrible. Just marking time before retirement

      Cons

      Negative work environment, No teamwork, No Management Support...HR is a joke! Lying to CYA is common place. AVOID!

      1.0
      Dec 10, 2015

      Look Elsewhere

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Decent compensation. High level of responsibility for all positions (looks good on a resume). Easy to look like a superstar, usually because the current process is outdated or backwards. Moderately high turnover means there's usually open positions for lateral movement. New CEO is trying to make things better for employees.

      Cons

      Culture is abysmal, and this will take a long time to change. The quality of middle management (the person who will probably be your boss) is sporadic at best. Lots of managers end up leading groups because they were good individual contributors, but they actually don't know the first thing about leading teams. I've worked for good, mediocre and absolutely horrible managers - and the horrible ones seem to do just fine at LYB because they have figured out how to blame their incompetence on the people working for them. Bureaucracy and politics (especially between departments) makes this a frustrating place to work. Very little cooperation. Lean structure plus moderately high turnover means that everyone is usually working at least two jobs. Flat structure means your boss won't have much time to spend with you. This leads to management pretty much only interacting when mistakes are made - IE you should never expect someone to thank you for doing a good job.

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