Brenntag reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(675 total reviews)
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Christian Kohlpaintner

46% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Brenntag has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 675 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brenntag employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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675 reviews
2.0
Jan 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Positive relationships with coworkers Retirement program 401k Other benifits, insurance ect

Cons

At brenntag there seems to be a total lack of appreciation from any management for a job well done. Their philosophy seems to be to get the most work out of the smallest amount of people and to pay those people as little as possible, in my area I make about 5k less then the lowest salary that the state lists for "average pay" in my field. Though I haven't discussed specific salaries with any coworkers this seems to be a trend among everyone. Management talks a lot about how much their employees mean to them and how great everyone is in an attention to buddy up to employees and make them think they're appreciated but that's as far as it goes. Actions speak louder than words and anyone paying attention sees that. No ones efforts are ever rewarded or recognized and beyond the top ten or so sales reps, no one in the company every receives any benifit for doing their jobs well except for the personal satisfaction of knowing they did their best. Additionally brenntags quality program and the way it is presented refuses to believe in improvement or perfection in any area, if you aren't reporting enough issues management comes down on you for not reporting enough with the attitude that "there is no way we could be doing that good" the goal seems to be zero issues but you sure as he'll better report that there are issues, even if you have to make something up, meaning if you get some dust in your contact and have to rinse it off you better report it. If you scuff your shoe on a step but remain totally stable, you better report it because you "could have tripped" In short, extremely high stress with zero reward

3.0
Dec 6, 2014

IT Coordinator

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good social benefits and training. Specially in training the company is aim to keep their people at the top of the wave

Cons

Lack of time-off policies, the organizational culture sometimes is under estimated but first of all, the problem is that the managment usually don't pay attention of what the lower level needs.

1.0
Oct 20, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

they gave me the tools to succeed, good pricing, their own delivery trucks, etc.. My first Manager was very nice and respectful, but he moved onto Brenntag Hdq, then our new Mgr had napoleon complex....

Cons

As I said, Mgmt is different now, from when I worked there. They go through Reps. like water....I guess to keep salaries low. Yrs ago we had a VP of sales that was an idiot and from what I hear things are better now. Making me drive many hours into office in reading for my office day and I had to be there by 8 am and stay until 5!!

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