Lack of a clear direction and communication by upper management. - Senior Sales Representative Arkema Employee Review

2.0
Jul 27, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Professional lower-middle management team Great products and markets Well-known brands International Presence Interesting partners and customers Good reputation throughout the industrial markets

Cons

New management with no experience in the markets Upper management leading the business away from the customers' needs Lack of support to field and satellite employees Lack of evaluations to the employees with a very poor system to perform those Changes towards eliminating new product development and innovation Elusive answers by upper-management regarding career growth and compensation

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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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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