LyondellBasell reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,112 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 1,112 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
Apr 18, 2012
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Pros

Starting compensation and bonus structure is competitive. Lack of performance culture makes it a great place to work for low-performers. Record profits and inability to retain talent provides plenty of job security.

Cons

Inadequate organizational planning combined with unneccesary mindless repetitive tasks due to poor process and system design leads to burnout and consistent turnover at lower levels. The top management has been sourced from competitors and are mostly reasonable and competent, but the middle management that remained in place following the bankrupcy is consumed by departmental and legacy company politics. Quality college graduates quickly resign due to frustrating work environment leaving mostly low-performers as peers.

2.0
Apr 16, 2012

Up and down, with many more downs

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are great to work with, but the management is not. It will be a great resume builder

Cons

The management does not realize how to keep employees and the employees that remain get inundated with work. Not a great situation

1.0
Oct 20, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is good. Lyondell is a great name to have on a Resume. EHS commitment

Cons

Autocratic leadership. Gallogly likes to play the heavy and is always right, just ask him. Better yet, tell him that there may be other issues may need to be considered. If you are a workaholic it is a great place to be. If you want to be respected and have any kind of work / life balance this is not the place. The philosophy is to grind you up and spit you out. I never realized how bad it is at LyondellBasell until I went somewhere else.

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