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      Solvay

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      Solvay reviews

      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (860 total reviews)
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      Philippe KEHREN

      93% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Solvay has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 860 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Solvay 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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      860 reviews
      2.0
      Jul 16, 2010

      company spread too thin

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      great people to work with, great cultural mix of backgrounds, highly qualified chemists working in the trenches on a daily basis.

      Cons

      upper management is clueless about technology, people are promoted based on political agenda of the company as a whole, rather than qualifications.

      4.0
      May 1, 2010

      Great Benefits, Opportunity for Training, Work from Home environment.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There was a small developent group which gave you the opportunity to work on different technologies. All of the departments were very close so you could easilly work out software issues with logisitics, accounting, manufacturing, and hr departments by walking down the hall.

      Cons

      The parent company in Brussels dictated policy and procedures to the step child in Houston. Senior management was "strongly encouraged" to use staffing from Europe on major projects. Training was provided, however, there was very little opportunity since ex-pats were the ones that received the new opportunities. Many of the employees in IT had been in the company for 20+ years so that made for very little advancement. Reviews were held once a year and very little feedback was provided during the year on work completed.

      2.0
      Mar 20, 2010

      Lots of responsibilities but few opportunities for promotion.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefit package Smart people Lots of projects Location Cost of Living First level of management has a great deal of responsibility

      Cons

      Lack of transparency Consensus decision making Very flat organization - few opportunity to be promoted in the R&D sector Little or no training

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