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Sensient Technologies

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Sensient Technologies reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(681 total reviews)
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Paul Manning

76% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Sensient Technologies has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 681 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sensient Technologies 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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681 reviews
2.0
Nov 18, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Pretty good pay. Don't have to do much. Free snacks. Racially diverse environment. We all hated the place together.

Cons

Health insurance doesn't cover birth control; other policies possibly discriminatory to women are present. Uptight dress code - business formal. They mean it - suit and tie every day including Fridays. Higher management seems extremely dense and hard to reach, almost like they are actively trying to un-hear what you're saying to them about process improvements and issues that need their input to resolve. Culture of fear - most of the time people more worried about properly covering their rear end than doing any work of value. Patriarchal culture - wouldn't be surprised if there was a big gender gap in pay too. Culture of mediocrity - no need to do anything better than average. Going above and beyond is punished. No training - you are trained on the job, but it's up to your manager how you are trained. Some get lucky and have a few sessions with their manager; others get nothing and are blamed when things go wrong. High turnover causes a "blind-leading-the-blind" mentality. The company has problems keeping people for good reason - see the other reviews. Operating procedures and job guides are basically non-existent in the corporate flavors division. Negative attitudes from coworkers. In a lot of cases it's "you give us work, we'll give you hell." No bonuses for rank & file staff. The best performers, rather than the best leaders, are promoted. Or you can get promoted by knowing someone. Little reward for hard work, possibly the occasional attaboy if you do something stellar. Layers of bureaucracy, but every layer is full of dense people who again only care about themselves. Most people working there are unhappy and want to move on. This company probably has 3 to 5 years before it is drowning in its own culture and cannot keep up with the turnover.

1.0
Nov 16, 2016

Top managemet

Recommend
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Pros

Salary, Benefits, Bonus, Colleagues Not so much things to say! Do not waste your time, save your personal life balance and do not compromise your integrity.

Cons

Lack of strategy, Short short term vision , profit over customers and employees. 0 innovation, 0 technology the facilities are really old and without automation Nepotism, abuse of authority . Corporate is so far of the sites that doesent care about harassment, conflict of interest or staff concerns or Concerns about code of conduct violations. Super high staff turnover , in my site More than 25 in one year without replacement plans. Real know how is eroding. Do not waste your time, save your personal life balance and do not compromise your integrity.

3.0
Nov 13, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best are pluses and breaktimes every 2 hours, as well there are a good environment at work, also is a very interested job.

Cons

they don't gice you at least 1 year if you have lucky in 10 months, aswell there aren't second chance if you mistake. Very competitive to get a contract so they use to give 1 job for a 3 or more tempiray workers.

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