Great career learning and working on all levels of taks - Anonymous employee Arkema Employee Review

4.0
18 Apr 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Small company environment, work closely with all levels of staff from Plant Manager to Operators. Get to learn a variety of skills due to the number of products that are made.

Cons

Since being purchased by Arkema Inc, corporate groups all push down their agenda at the same time, making life a little difficult trying to handle all the tasks. Arkema is filled with people with their own agenda trying to get their name on something and then moving on. Sartomer is a specialty chemical company that is batch run, a lot of details make the product what it is. Arkema management do not understand this level and are constantly making knee jerk decisions.

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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
CEO approval
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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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