Brenntag reviews

3.1

51% would recommend to a friend

(677 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 677 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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677 reviews
3.0
Jan 25, 2025

Good company?

Recommend
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Pros

The company size is good for the resume

Cons

To stay long and been able to be considered good, you need connection. Otherwise you are just a chess.

3.0
Jan 21, 2025

Changes changes changes

Recommend
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Pros

A good platform to learn new things, especially dealing with continuous changes.

Cons

Be prepared that they are using the human resources at maximum.

2.0
Jan 18, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits, pay, corporate Amex, company car, free lunches with customers

Cons

There is no training. I learned pretty much everything on my own. You will spend half your day putting out fires due to trucks not showing up on time (or at all) or a vendor pushing back the delivery date of a chemical far past the date that a customer needs it. This creates a lack of trust in Brenntag by the customer which hurts you as the rep, despite not have any control over the situation. Competitors have lower prices because they make commission off sales while we make it on margin. Most of the chemical prices in the database you won’t be able to see. You’ll reach out to product managers for a quote and it may be days before you hear back from them (if you do). This creates even more distrust amongst customers as they wait for your quote and this often loses the order. The culture is toxic as you will receive multiple nasty emails a month if sales are down from management. All of these things has caused a mass exodus of tenured employees in the past several year. If you are a tenured, successful sales rep, I would stay away from Brenntag.

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