Dow Chemical Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Wide variety of software solutions: process plant integration, robotics. Stable major corporation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be on your game. Dow wants to hire smart, dedicated people in the IT market. Dow is willing to train you in the selected technology provided you can do the job."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Too quick to reach the max job level. I reached my last promotion level after only 10 years. Since that time Dow has become extremely flat."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Determine a better way to utilize older workers. Too often, older workers get shuttled off to the side because they are not advancing."

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"People are motivated to do the right thing to increase the company's results."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"We can teach tools but we can not teach passion. A person without passion will not fit this company."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Decisions are not taken as fast as the market requires."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your customers and deliver their expectations. Customers are the reason for our work and the inspiration for our success."

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Leader in Industry, Long History, Ethical, Stability, Flexibility, Hard-Working People"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Know the industry. Show how you can deliver results immediately."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Inconsistent Strategy and Day-to-Day actions. Need to be more focused on training and retention."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop catering to quarterly Wall Street expectations, pick a long term strategy, stick to it."

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"They encourage you to move around to new roles every 2-3 years."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and show them your own personality. If you got an interview, you have the skills needed to do the job."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"People that have been here for 20 years have lost their ambition. Your leader will grab onto you if you are too good at your job and not let you move on."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Not be afraid to tackle markets that our outside of our normal range of business practices."

"great pay"

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"The pay was great and afforded me and my family wonderful vacations"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No I do not have any tips for others interviewing with this company"

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"The shift was a 7 & 2 schedule which was not a healthy schedule for me"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Being that I do not know and understand the management yet, I have no suggestions"

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"I enjoy the work I do, the work atmosphere, and the people I work with."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always be honest and be open to a diverse working environment."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"I worry about the physical environment due to the chemicals we work with and around."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please try to keep the pay and benefits up with the market."

"Highly professional organization with clear strategies for success"

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Excellent organizational structure, breadth of product offering and ethical values"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Coat and tie since this is a relatively formal company"

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"Somewhat complicated matrix structure with perhaps more management presentations than are really needed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Flatten the organization, fewer top down decisions and more relaxed environment"

"Dow is very large, but they have not done wrong by me."

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"I have had a lot of freedom and decision making authority"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"All in all, it is a good company to work for. Go in prepared, Dow uses a formed scripted for interiews for consistency and fairness."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"It is very large and it can be hard to move up. It is very easy to be nitched."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow the company's vision to be longer than 1 year. Too much internal churn of people moving around at the same level."

"Frustrating"

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"I like the freedom I have to plan and execute my projects."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Being able to work in a large company and dealing with management is a key characteristic."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"There are too many hoops to jump through to please the site leader and execute my job."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to open their mind to a more relaxed workplace and allow work to be completed without all of the interruptions."

"Hardcore chemical research"

What do you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"A wonderful exposure to a wide variety of scientific challenges"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is one of the greatest American industrial giants. Expectations will be high."

What don't you like about working at Dow Chemical?

"The enormity of our company presents challenges to being recognized"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop/mentor employees in the interest of developing a culture of teamwork and cooperation."