Pros
Good benefits and located in nice area- Alpharetta GA
Cons
This company has a history and reputation that they milk for all its worth. Solvay has worked out an innovative approach to hiring BS/MS level engineers and chemists from top schools in the area by enticing them with the idea of working for a big name like Solvay while “promising” them career advancement opportunities. Quickly these researchers figure out the scheme as they continuously work in hazardous environments and are expected to do PhD level research while simultaneously being paid and treated like an uneducated worker. You will grow anxious and depressed while your college friends who graduated with psychology and marketing degrees rapidly exceed you in salary all while working from the comfort of their homes without being exposed to chemicals all day. This company has a liberal agenda that promotes mediocre work and focuses on only advancing people that fit the “right” profile or people that are the outspoken/well-liked. They don’t care about developing or advancing their current, knowledgeable employees and would rather just continue to finding the latest bright-eyed and bushy tailed new graduates until they become burnt out and the cycle repeats. This is the reason for the extreme turnover rate for that management plays off as “natural turnover cycle” due to their disconnect from what is actually going on. It was a sad thing to watch go on for so many years and I am glad a made the decision to get out and move into a different career path.
