Does Brenntag pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Brenntag employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Brenntag. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Brenntag?

50% of Brenntag employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Brenntag 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Brenntag?

Account Manager (39) , Manager (25) , Sales Representative (19) , Sales (18) , Customer Service Representative (17) , Sales Manager (14) , Estagiário (13) , Analyst (10) , Product Manager (9) , Truck Driver (9) , Chemical Operator (8) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (8) , Intern (7) , Lab Technician (7) , Driver (6)

What are the pros of working at Brenntag according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and PTO." ((in 69 reviews)); "People are great and caring." ((in 48 reviews)); "Pay is good for the industry" ((in 34 reviews)); "Nice environment and colleagues." ((in 24 reviews)); "Good Work Life Balance in comparison to other job families" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Brenntag according to real employee reviews?

"Terrible upper management, that sat around stroking their own egos and solving not one issue for the team." ((in 14 reviews)); "Poor culture" ((in 14 reviews)); "no training budgets" ((in 13 reviews)); "Low salary compared to other MNC" ((in 13 reviews)); "very high stress, manager is a compulsive liar , dispatcher is his minion and lies just as bad trash talks whoever isn't in the room." ((in 13 reviews))

What are employees saying about Brenntag redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Brenntag redundancy and their outlook for job security at Brenntag in 2026.

Brenntag Reviews

3.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(678 total reviews)

Christian Kohlpaintner

46% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (678 reviews)

Brenntag has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 678 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Brenntag employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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678 reviews

1.0

21 June 2026

Stay away- toxic senior management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good retirement package and health benefits.

Cons

Global leadership is terrible, HR head in North America is cold and defensive. Fall in line, don’t speak up, don’t be proactive, don’t make waves, don’t give feedback, don’t disturb the status quo. They preach values for workforce to apply while leadership could not care less unless you are in some inner circle. Very difficult to make any positive contributions with roadblocks and red tape every step of the way. Culture is very toxic and feeling overworked is the norm. Almost no chance for promotions and company will use you and string you along without caring about your growth.

2.0

19 June 2026

Cumbersome and poor leadership and coordination

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good people and company has ok reputation

Cons

Poor senior leadership, no one takes ownership. Depots/logistics too cumbersome and poorly coordinated.

2.0

8 June 2026

Good co-workers but poor management and policies

Class a truck driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Easy work, great co workers

Cons

Too many unnecessary office employees, and management. Driver facing cameras. Childish policies. A lot of brainstorming that mostly revolves around how to blame a driver or how to take money back out of drivers pockets in favor of paying people in the office whose jobs should be consolidated or replaced. They started paying more after Covid because their hand was forced, then the big minds got together and made new policies to take more than half of that money back from the driver and people who work overtime because clearly those people aren’t smart enough to figure that out and will just take it.

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