PPG Industries Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Products, Technical Knowledge."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Management not understanding reality!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more professionals."

"Great place to work."

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Great customers, good hours, no night work, good pay."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Nothing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Well run company."

"Very hectic environment. Must multitask to succeed"

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Extremely hectic, disorganized and under staffed"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Support employees, take responsibility for your area, train your leads"

"Excellent"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"I have many memorable experiences and enjoyed the close interpersonal relationships. Minimal supervision allowed me to take responsibilities and challenges that impressed management."

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

"Be positive and enthusiastic."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"That it ended with mass lay-offs. The CEO, at that time, did not appreciate the loyality and dedication of all employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Improve interpersonal relationships, because once damaged it will take years to redevelop."

"PPG was my long term first employer and gave me the most varied experience that I could have asked for."

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Many opportunities presented themselves and my later positions allowed decision freedom and creativity."

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

"Be straightforward and join in the vision."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Corporate management was too accounting focused. The drive to become huge impacted the decisions made concerning smaller, loyal customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The success of the Corporation in the Coatings and Chemicals markets has shown them to be on the right track, but the trend to treat employees as head count is not in anyone's best interest."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Lack of growth opportunities"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create better employee advancement program"

"Great company to work for."

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"They treat rveryone fair."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"They treat me right."

"After 26 years of service I felt betrayed"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Great people-knowledgeable network"

"Family Owned Company"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Fathers Company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make layoff decisions more by the persons value to the company than his seniority. I was hired for my experience not long ago but released due to lack of seniority. I believe that seniority should not apply to salaried personnel."

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"The challenge of the job. The chance to do the right thing and free to get the job done."

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

"Be honest, up front, pay attention to all that is discussed. Ensure you get everything in writing, signed by the interviewer."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Upper management put to much pressure to do things their way. There was a lot of drama and rumor spreading, did not back supervision and salary."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Believe in your people, listen to them. Understand people make mistakes and give them the chance to prove themselves"

"An Express Outlook for In-site...."

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"My boss is great. He is so humble when it comes to the little man. He treats everybody the same. He never looks down on anyone because of their statues or personalities..."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Third shift is a boomer, I would have to work it accasionally.."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"At PPG management is okay, but sometimes the great job of some employees goes unnoticed. Some in management are quick to point out the bad job one is doing, and never congradulating a good job well done..."

"Fair and honest"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"it was in Pittsburgh. Last job was in Ohio"

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

"Be prepared for the toughest job you ever had in your entire life with the most stress possible."

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"PPG is cost cutting by having a India group do all it IT processing. They hire 2 Americans to work here and give work to offshore to program and test. Problem is too few on shore employees as there is a 9 hour difference in time to India. You can only work with them a short time in the early morning or at 11 PM at night. If they have a problem in the night they sit till morning."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more on sight staff."

"Over worked"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Nothing"

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

"Stay away"

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"Too much work 7 days a week and on call"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more staff"

"Great place to work"

What do you like about working at PPG Industries?

"I liked the people and the job experience and the variance of the work"

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

"Be professional, know what you do and don't hesitate to be yourself"

What don't you like about working at PPG Industries?

"I was released due to job position being eliminated and no other jobs were available at the time...No hard feelings because I truly liked working there and totally understood their position"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None..My managers that I reported to were great"