Losing what made the company great - Director Eastman Employee Review

2.0
29 Jan 2023
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Pros

Great people, good location (if you like mountains and smaller communities)

Cons

Company no longer sees employees as the most valuable asset and we are entering the fourth round of layoffs in 6 years. This has become the current CEO's go to method for "costs" reductions. There have also been multiple process safety events since 2017 including two significant events in 2022. The blame then gets pushed down to 1st and 2nd supervisors rather than senior leaders taking responsibility for denying capital requests and under investing in safety and infrastructure projects in order to make balance sheets look better.

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5.0
3 Jun 2026
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Pros

High pay and good learning environment

Cons

Interview process is kind of difficult

4.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

Friendly, helpful colleagues. Vast variety of opportunities for engineers, especially younger ones. Actively supporting the communities where we live and work. Recent changes in management have restored positive outlook.

Cons

A lot of eggs are in the circular-economy basket rather than having the risk more evenly distributed among our product streams. We've lost a lot of talent recently to other businesses, partly because of unhappiness with former management but partly because of pay. Annual pay increases exist but have not even come close to keeping up with inflation.

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