Solenis reviews

SALES SALES SALES. Solenis is recently purchased from Ashland Inc. by private equity Clayton, Dublier, & Rice. So far in the first year of new company, employee morale is terrible and management is only concerned with pleasing CD&R managers to keep their jobs. Have to grow EBITDA significantly. Company is building HR, IT, and other departments from scratch and filling positions with people who have no concept of needs of front-line professionals and technicians. Marginal raises and no title promotions throughout company in nearly a year. Unless you are in the tissue and towel market, your challenge is to grow sales in an industry that is dying. Essentially trying to prove you're not a commodities rep, while only differentiating with lower prices. More and more industry leaders are corporate conglomerates so local influence is minimal, even for talented reps. As part of having essentially no HR and in an effort to trim anything that does not directly grow sales, training curriculum is mild - at best. Experienced employees are strapped with growing business themselves and not given time to train others & multiply themselves. Unproductive "us vs. them" mentality between pulp & paper division and industrial water division. Employees need to recognize the demands/ customer expectations within each division are very different. It is very unclear how to get promoted and what they structure of the company is. Work/Life balance is tough if you want to actually grow sales and get a chance at a bonus.

Solenis is a private equity hellscape that achieves little organic growth and depends on acquisition after acquisition to make the books look better. If you get absorbed by acquisition, I have three words for you: Get. Out. Now. They will suck every bit of life out of you during their poorly managed, quick and dirty integration, all while lying to your face that you're a valued member of the team. As soon as they are finished with you, out the door you go. This especially applies to anybody in an administrative position such as accounting, AP, AR, purchasing, IT...at least 80% of you will get the boot eventually.