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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

77% 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
1.0
May 31, 2015

Threating Work Environment – Management By Fear

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Sensient is good at covering up and not being exposed publicly.

Cons

Autocratic management style akin to dictatorship and tyrannical behavior by leadership making a majority of employees feel helpless with their individual job security tested each workday. It is a true military chain of command work environment where employees better not step out of rank by making a value-added decision. If so, they are literally “thrown under the bus”. A robot could possibly survive at Sensient.

1.0
Feb 15, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

NOTHING. There might be some pros in the locations outside of Milwaukee, but seriously, there are none at the Corporate location.

Cons

Poor management, top to bottom. In fact, most are very rude and condescending. The company and the management does not care about their employees. Raises are small. All the money goes to the rudest top level managers. They have a 401k matching, but it is not given in each pay period, instead, they hold on to the match and give it in one lump sum. Corporate doesn't value your work or contributions. You'll never hear that you did a good job. There is no structure around performance planning, employee development, etc. There is no structure on anything in corporate. It's a wonder they can even run this business. You are strongly advised to shave facial hair. They care much more about your appearance than your performance or personality.

1.0
Apr 17, 2014

If I could provide a negative star, I would.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people at the division level were good & trying very hard to help customers, in spite of corporate management. Loved my boss, but of course he/she quit. Benefits are good, but they provide less every year.

Cons

Top Management does not value the customers. If there is a positive review, it's because they are now having their HR people write them. Trust me, they are a total lie. There's a reason why they have so many job openings. To have people leave after two weeks or to quit without having another job, in this economy, illustrates just how awful this company is to work for. All three divisions are a mess.

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