Brenntag Employee Reviews
Out of 864 Brenntag employee reviews, 89% were positive. The remaining 11% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Brenntag improve their work culture.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
What do you like best about the leadership team?
I think they keep us providing information and current communication abut Brenntag
Review from Finance Dept
Long term vision with the guts to invest and drive change in a structural way
Emotional intelligence, concerned about each person, about future of each persona and organization..
Review from Marketing Dept
They are committed to making the organization better every day. They work well together and you don't have the politics that I have experienced at other companies.
Review from Operations Dept
Their passion for people and business
Review from Customer Support Dept
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Being connected to the general employee population, making employee engagement an everyday activity (versus event-based or one-time bonuses), become more diverse in every aspect (including diversity of thought).
Review from HR Dept
Overall engagement, communication, transparency, vision, and training.
Review from Sales Dept
Communicating, unifying, and letting us know where we are going as a company. We need one top leader to have a presence and he/she needs to ensure people do their jobs, are held accountable and are respectful to one another.
Review from Business Development Dept
The VP I work for was promoted from a manager to VP overnight. He has poor communication and I don't see any strategic plan from him. He also does a poor job of pushing the C Suite for support/resources. As a result, the VPs of other departments are working to ensure he fails. (which means we fail)
COMMUNICATE!!!! Silence breads roomers Treat people less as numbers making your number look good and more as People making it happen
Review from Admin Dept
What is the best part about your compensation package?
I am satisfied with my salary, but I think we should be granted to additional personal and sick days
Review from Finance Dept
Not sure yet, but overall seems fair
Review from Marketing Dept
The flexible cafeteria plan for heath care and other benefits allow me to pick what is important to me.
Review from Operations Dept
Insurance started as soon as I started work; Didn't have to wait to get it and it's something I really appreciate it - plus I feel like I'm getting paid fairly
Review from HR Dept
profit sharing, paid time off, volunteer time
Review from HR Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
I do believe I am "valued"...but at the same time I think there is room for a salary increase. I have already brought this up with my boss and I am confident this is being addressed.
Review from Sales Dept
Paid at competitive market rates (especially given the constantly growing scope of most roles, where responsibilities are added without compensation)
Review from HR Dept
Our industry as a whole is undervalued, and our pay has not kept up with the pace of our work, especially during recent inflationary period.
Review from Sales Dept
There is still a gap between pay for employees who came to Brenntag via acquisition, and legacy Brenntag employees. I think that the market pay for my same role would be higher.
Review from Sales Dept
I do not feel that I am compensated for all my years of experience in the outside Brenntag world. I took a pay cut when I started here 6 years ago and I have still not reached the salary I made prior to coming on board with Brenntag.
What are some of the best things about your team?
The teamwork and good work environment
Review from Finance Dept
very responsive, not mean or snarky
Review from Marketing Dept
Most everyone on the team is committed to doing a great job and providing our customers an awesome experience.
Review from Operations Dept
They're all here for eachother; I still recall that during my onboarding, not only my manager made sure she was training me, but the entire team was here to offer their support and tells you how good they are; They are people you can trust and succeed with, and I couldn't ask for better.
Review from HR Dept
helpful, friendly, professional, honest, well intentioned
Review from HR Dept
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
They need to be more accessible, most all of the employees that are working remotely are very hard to get a hold of and they seem to not be available when needed, also we receive a lot of emails late, shows me that they are able to do their work whenever it is convenient to them.
Review from Operations Dept
Competency, Accountability, Commitment, Attitude. Too much of a "that's not my job" mentality. The organization feels completely siloed and disconnected from one another.
Review from Sales Dept
Actually doing their jobs and not trying to pass everything off on to everyone else to do. Look into things it might just be one more click to get the answer.
Lack of respect for others and no leadership coaching people to be kind and respectful in interactions. Has been an issue since long before I started.
Review from Business Development Dept
They also need a lot of improvements.
Review from Admin Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
I love the big variety of cultures
Review from Finance Dept
For me its all new, people, products , methods, so interesting each day
Review from Marketing Dept
The team is committed to being better tomorrow than they are today. They are willing to work together and focus on the customer.
Review from Operations Dept
Very healthy environment, no toxicity at all when it comes to the teams and how people interact with eachother
Review from HR Dept
I can usually find someone to reach out to and talk when I have a question or need help
Review from HR Dept
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
Communication. Decisions and changes are made with little regard to the impact to the person working to ensure customer satisfaction. Change needs to happen here but it needs to be communicated.
A lot needs to change.
Review from Admin Dept
More interactive with other people.
Review from Sales Dept
Employee appreciation, people bend over backwards to make things happen and do not get appreciated
Review from Operations Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
The opportunity to interview with several different people.
Review from Business Development Dept
thorough meet a lot of people. not an easy process.
Review from Sales Dept
We involve multiple employees to get a wide perspective.
Review from Sales Dept
Very up front about the expectations of the job.
Review from Operations Dept
I got to meet the team right away and see if I would be a good culture fit for the job. Its one thing to fit the requirements of the role, but another if you like the team you are about to work with for the coming years.
Review from Marketing Dept
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What makes you most happy at work?
The interaction with my team
Review from Finance Dept
Colleagues, content of work, ambition of organisation
Each day is new and builds on the day prior
Review from Marketing Dept
Working with the team to make changes and improvements.
Review from Operations Dept
The diversity, the multiple projects, not a day goes by where its repetitive.
Review from HR Dept
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
Continued collaboration and focus to make the company better.
Review from Business Development Dept
There needs to be a large overhaul with titles/compensation/responsibility. Unless you have been here 25 years or are in Sales, you will be compensated poorly, and will be undervalued/underutilized. The career path opportunities are vague, and appear non-existent.
Review from Sales Dept
As stated earlier if we filter all problems to look good we are simply not listening to people who know where problems are. No real motivation on Managment side to dig in there
Review from Sales Dept
Love my job and what I do its the overall moral of the company that makes it hard to get excited everyday.
Morale, respect, negativity. Need more employee appreciation, recognition, fair compensation, and activities to boost morale.
Review from Business Development Dept
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