Symrise reviews

3.6

67% would recommend to a friend

(400 total reviews)
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Dr Heinz-Jürgen Bertram

75% approve of CEO

51% 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
Mar 30, 2020

Forget about Scent and Care

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Free lunch and transport 2. Diversity seems to be good in Flavours but not so much in S&C, where everyone seems to come from the stone age.

Cons

1. Slow paced. People just raking in the cash and doing nothing. Some bosses have been in the organisation for decades... 2. No progression whatsoever. Lack of transparency in terms of progression, and pay scale. 3. Throwing the word AI and analytics around but not really fully understanding it. 4. Too much focus on perfumers and FDMs as stars of the company and the 5 figure salaries that accompany it. Have yet to see very outstanding products in the last 5 years.

3.0
Nov 2, 2024

Political

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I guess the subject matter is somewhat interesting. Some nice colleagues around.

Cons

Boss dumps their own work to subordinates and focuses on non-core activities with the excuse of "giving more exposure". Career progression unclear.

1.0
Jan 27, 2021

Unpleasant experience in my dept

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free lunch & transport. Work life balance. Benefits are ok.

Cons

Cliques present in certain depts. Little support & ostracism happens to newcomers. Certain senior workers love to gossip & backstab people.

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