Symrise reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(400 total reviews)
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Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram

75% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Symrise has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 400 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Symrise 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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400 reviews
1.0
Nov 1, 2016

Run away, far away!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Vacation benefits were great, workload was average.

Cons

US management was incompetent and only out for themselves. Many were so high on themselves and thought they were doing a great job, while the opposite was true. It was very clique-ish and if you weren't in the clique, then there was no chance of advancement. I routinely shook my head at many of the promotions while I was there, because it certainly was never due to ability. The able and hard working employees were the ones leaving, either by their own choice or by management's. Benefits were on par with the rest of the food industry, but wages were far lower. Inter-plant politics were a joke and were driving down morale and the business.

2.0
Mar 1, 2017

Declining Workplace

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company as a whole, opportunity to be a great company all around if action is taken

Cons

Good employees are taken advantage of and therefore given more work, while the lazy employees slack off. The good employees get tired of being taken advantage of so they quit while other employees still slack off. They do not promote from within, they go with outside hires most of the time

2.0
Feb 28, 2018

Flavor Development

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fun projects come from time to time. Pretty good benefits.

Cons

The North American headquarters in Terboro, New Jersey has an extremely toxic work environment. Especially in Flavor Development. The upper management mistreats people. Everyone seems to be out for themselves.

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