A Giant Vampire Squid Sucking The Knowledge Out of the American Employees and Then Discarding Them - Project Manager Arkema Employee Review

1.0
7 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

They make it easy to leave, which is fine with them, since they're constantly downsizing.

Cons

The productive employees are used by non-productive management types and then scapegoated and terminated. The HR department is made up of clueless bean counters. The roads around KoP are a slow-moving parking lot. Office politics rule, so if you travel a lot, you have no idea what traps the slackers have set for you when you get back. After all, if someone is going to be let go, they don't want it to be them. Raises are poor and the bad employees are rewarded like the good ones. Lack of funding for new products. Lack of career development. They don't want to get your hopes up that you might actually get promoted.

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5.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people Great opportunities Willing to give more responsibility/grow Good work life balance while also still having good drive at work

Cons

Not a lot of cons, everyone is very understanding and the small office could be a downside for resources, but personally did not find that to be an issue

3.0
23 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Site Culture Global specialty materials strategy has proven to be quite good

Cons

Resource constraints. But this is quite common in chemicals/specialty materials these days from what I hear.

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