Interesting job but mediocre compensations / horrible HR management - Anonymous employee Arkema Employee Review

2.0
May 7, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Job can be very interesting. Awesome products. - Lots of responsibilities - Interesting company growth strategy - Flexible hours

Cons

- Payroll / reward program are just a joke. Arkema is a cheap company - A few HR managers are absolutely useless. - No excellence/high achiever culture - Nothing done for young talents (no special career tracks / poor recognition). This strategy will bankrupt this company in the long run - Some teams are a way understaffed.

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5.0
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Pros

I really loved working for Arkema. They are a very fair company (sometimes a but too liberal with work/life balance, i.e. taken advantage of) and treat employees very well. The work, although repetitive, was interesting.

Cons

The manager that hired me was great. Then he moved up and I got a manager that "knew everything" and shot down almost any idea I had. His boss was pretty unfriendly and expected miracles in order to promote/give out raises. This is pretty typical of any company, you just wait for bad mangers to move on, or you move on if you can't take it. I moved on.

5.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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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

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