Good Company but has some kirks - Anonymous employee Arkema Employee Review

3.0
29 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

401K plan offers a total of 9% annual salary as company contributions.

Cons

Salary is lower than other companies. Compensation accounts for total package when calculating your compensation but the salary tends to be lower than others. Lean staffing - leads to being over worked and under paid. Adding head count is worse than an act of congress. Annual bonus has more variables than you can control leads no never receiving 100% of your bonus payout target.

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5.0
15 June 2026
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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
1 June 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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