Does Sensient Technologies pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sensient Technologies employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sensient Technologies. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sensient Technologies?

69% of Sensient Technologies employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sensient Technologies 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sensient Technologies?

Sales (20) , Sales Account Manager (19) , Manager (15) , Account Manager (13) , Customer Service Representative (10) , Intern (9) , Director (8) , Sales Manager (8) , Application Technologist (7) , Chemical Operator (7) , Production (6) , Anonymous (5) , Applications Technologist (5) , Chemical Operator II (5) , Regulatory Affairs Specialist (5)

What are the pros of working at Sensient Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and they try to do things that help employees." ((in 68 reviews)); "Good pay provides uniforms and boots" ((in 66 reviews)); "Many great people with great big" ((in 48 reviews)); "Many opportunities to explore various fields" ((in 26 reviews)); "good salary ... ... ..." ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sensient Technologies according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management that have no skills or styles other than micro managing with a different day different attitude." ((in 43 reviews)); "Culture is poor and lacks accountability." ((in 29 reviews)); "Poor upper management do not provide clear expectations" ((in 15 reviews)); "Despite presenting as a corporate organization, my experience involved unclear role definition, inconsistent communication, and a high level of micromanagement." ((in 12 reviews)); "4. Manager will watch you closely and it looks like you are thief." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Sensient Technologies layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Sensient Technologies layoffs and their outlook for job security at Sensient Technologies in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Sensient Technologies locations?

Saint Louis , Hoffman Estates , Turlock , Milwaukee , Chicago , Indianapolis , Livingston , Amboy , South Plainfield , Juneau , Harbor Beach , Merced , Sauget , Lake St Louis , Jersey City , New Brunswick , Newark , Carpentersville , Hoffman , New York , Minneapolis , Avon , Murphys , Los Angeles , Winton , Livermore , Hamburg , Mexico Beach , Turkey

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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(681 total reviews)

Paul Manning

76% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.1

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Senior management

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

Oct 29, 2018

Manager

Operations supervisor

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Business Outlook

Pros

They are political. If you are reading this understand that the HR department recently realized how Glassdoor works and hence they are putting in fake reviews. If you are really interested in knowing see reviews before September 2018. Those were the actual review. They were rated at 2/5.

Cons

Sensient is trying hard to succeed but are failing. The lost more than 20% of their business, share prices are fluctuating more than your heartbeat and are going down. Dont believe on the reviews. Even if this is the last company you can get into remember its easy to starve to death than work for sensient

1.0

Jul 22, 2014

Please please please do not work here!!!

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They pay well but it's not worth working in this environment.

Cons

Management treats their employees like dirt. They micromanage and think that by applying pressure and threatening to fire you that it will motivate you to work harder. They expect you to do the job of more than one person and don't understand when the work doesn't get done. Their processes are broken because no competent people stay working for a company this horrible. Their systems and IT department are a joke. Paul Manning is just like senior. Keep family OUT of a public company. I'm surprised the SEC hasn't shut them down yet.

1.0

Feb 21, 2019

A company to stay away from!!!!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great industry. that’s about it!!!

Cons

terrible culture. good old boys network. do not treat people right.

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