Your experience is heavily dependent on which plant you work at - Plant Maintenance Dow Employee Review

2.0
3 Dec 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some plants will treat you great and make you feel like you belong. Ive worked at old plants and new plants and the difference is night and day. Pay is slightly above average but not the best. Dow is also a great place to learn your craft and get into a good career. But don't expect substantial career progression without an engineering degree. You can only be a Technician or a Technician coordinator, pick your poison.

Cons

Some plants are older and therefore have more equipment failures and injuries due to the never ending craft work required to keep the plant running. If you're placed at an old plant, you will work the hardest and be treated the worst. Leaders are usually engineers with little technical experience but are more qualified to be your boss since they have an engineering degree. If you’re at an old plant prepare to be called out all the time in the middle of the night. Some call-outs are unnecessary and can wait until the morning and if you tell your leader they will say nothing can be done because operations takes priority over maintenance. The tuition reimbursement program is a complete joke and a total lie. Most employees are so over-worked that furthering education is not doable. In my situation my boss gave me the run around for years and ultimately I pursued a job elsewhere because Dow does not want you to progress unless you're an engineer. Oh, I also forgot to mention that working in a plant with carcinogens is statistically proven to shorten your life span. I know of at least 3 active employees that died from cancer during my few years there and thats not including the several retirees that came down with cancer.

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Pros

Great team and company culture room for growth and great experience

Cons

Inflexible schedules Poor management sometimes depending on team

2.0
22 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Safety culture, flexibility (although less and less over time). Good health insurance and 401k match

Cons

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