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
3.0
11 Apr 2015

To be fair, it depends on which dept and boss you work for...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Free lunch and company transport to and from 2 MRT stations -Friendly colleagues -Many staff welfare activities and engagement sessions with management

Cons

-Each department has its own culture and working style so your 'happiness' really depends on which one you get into -Some managers are not really aware of what their subordinates are doing and how high their workload is due to lack of close mentoring -Some depts are not suitable for gen-y workers -Bonus has typically been less than 3 months in the past few years -Company is trying to project a certain image but culture is contrived, shallow and superficial

1.0
30 Mar 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
2 Nov 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.

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