Numbers Don’t Lie — A Missed Opportunity in SSC Setup - Anonymous Employee Brenntag Employee Review

1.0
10 Oct 2025
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Pros

- Greenfield Advantage: The SSC is in its formative stage, offering a rare chance for top performers to influence structure, culture, and process design. - Potential for Best-in-Class Practices: With the right leadership and autonomy, there's room to build scalable, efficient, and future-ready service delivery models. - Talent Acquisition Strength: The company has attracted professionals with strong backgrounds, signaling intent to build a high-performing team.

Cons

- Leadership is resistant to change, often defaulting to “no” and citing organizational unreadiness. - Micromanagement is rampant, even among highly experienced hires. - Creativity and autonomy are discouraged; space for innovation is virtually nonexistent. - Toxic managerial behavior is tolerated, with a tendency to deflect accountability and blame victims rather than address root causes. - Productivity is measured by hours clocked, not outcomes delivered. - Attrition is high, especially among Gen Z employees, yet cultural issues are routinely ignored or minimized.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

When I was able to finally put in my two weeks.

Cons

I could barely afford groceries on their salary. Terrible upper management, that sat around stroking their own egos and solving not one issue for the team. Upper management bullying. Was told for the first 6 months of working there that we were awful. Worked 12 hour days the first weeks in without one thank you. Gaslighting on a level I have never experienced. Zero opportunity for advancement. Would tell us no overtime for months, then pull us in the office and ask why we were not utilizing all the overtime we were allowed to use.

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