Working at Dow Chemical in Ringwood, IL: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Ringwood, IL Area

"I wroked at Dow Chemical in Ringwood, Illinois. The plant manager was horrible. He was always being nosy and trying to get people to quit their jobs in order for the plant to appear safer than it really was. I quit because I had enough of that threatening stuff. The plant manager a micro manager and he made a huge deal if I had my safety glasses on my forehead and I was not actually working on anything. Ringwood is loaded with crazy busybodies that have no people skills. I never got hurt and if anything I was the best operator they had, but instead of getting a pat on the back or a "job well done" it was more bickering about stupid things that did not matter. I would recommend that if you are a person looking to work hard and feel good about your job, then do not go for Dow Chemical or any big corporation. You will find idiots who will try to micromanage everything you do. Find a smaller business that supports hard work and doing things the right way. My point is the expression "work smarter not harder" applies to Dow Chemical. I never cared for that saying because it implies that working hard in stupid. I believe it is ok to get hurt at work for the sake of feeling like you did a good job at the end of the day. When I sweat and move around and perhaps get banged up a little I feel a sense of accomplishment. This is important to me and that is why I quit. The plant manager and these other softies that work in these big companies have forgotten. I urge anyone who feels like they are a slave to these morons to quit and work the way you are meant to. Now when I go home I feel happy and beer tastes much better at the end of the day. I have nothing good to say about Dow Chemical unless you are interested in just going to work with no direction. Thank you for reading."