Messer Americas reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(164 total reviews)
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Elena Skvortsova

81% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Messer Americas has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Messer Americas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Energy, Mining & Utilities industry (3.7 stars).

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164 reviews
4.0
Apr 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good experience, Paid relocation, Good bonuses

Cons

Work-life balance, Lots of travel, Deviation from best practices/principles

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Messer Americas Response
4y
We are glad you joined our Messer family through the GDP program. Thank you for taking the time to leave this review and providing the advice for management.
2.0
Mar 27, 2022

Good company, but at a price.

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company pays for uniforms. Corporate will pay for & encourages training from outside the company. Great exposure to learn multiple disciplines - construction, chemical engineering, controls, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, sales, unit ops, contractor management, and customer service. Good starting pay & bonus. Job security - Production wasn't affected during COVID.

Cons

You will have no life. There will be constant problems that will need to be solved morning, noon, and night. If there aren't any at your plant, then you will be required to give your resources such as personnel or yourself to "assist" other plants. This happens a lot. Different Plants & departments are not held to the same standards. You will find out that other departments/plants do the bare minimum & are not held accountable. You will struggle to get other people to do their jobs. Increased responsibilities with no increase of pay. You will be given more jobs, be asked to travel, and do more aspects of the job without increased pay. Even if the responsibilities add up to another full-time job (or multiple), then you will be required to do them. If you dare ask for increased compensation, then management will "clutch their pearls" and give you the "how dare you ask for more money?" response. Learning curve. On day one you will be required to know all aspects of the business. This takes about a year to learn. Once you do learn the process & aspects of the business it gets better, but chances are you'll be thrown into a new side of the business and the process starts over again. Manipulative corporate management. During COVID, everyone that was paid salary had theirs cut by 10% and 401k contributions suspended, etc. This went on for over a year. Meanwhile, corporate publicly congratulated themselves for breaking sales quotas and record profits each quarter. When confronted, they evaded the question or gave an excuse like "due to uncertainty..." Running lean. The company likes to "run lean", which means they will make hiring new people or back-filing very difficult. They'll play dumb or outright lie to you when confronted. However, if it affects upper management, then you'll be shocked at how fast a replacement is found/hired. Bad training. There is no "hands on training". All training is on the computer and is mostly there as a corporate C.Y.A.

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Messer Americas Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to leave this review. We encourage you to discuss your areas of concern with HR so that we can create a better work environment.
5.0
Mar 11, 2022

Company status

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Messer is a very diverse company. With plenty room for evolving and upward mobility. I've been with the company for 4 months now. An it's one of the best decisions I've made in my life for me and my family. Thanks Messer for the opportunity to grow and share family time that creates memories.

Cons

Continue to keep the morale high and constantly valuing your employers thoughts and decisions.

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Messer Americas Response
4y
Thank you so much for offering this great feedback. We appreciate it and hope you continue to find growth opportunities within Messer.
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