Is AkzoNobel a good company to work for?

AkzoNobel has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 3,283 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 69% of employees would recommend working at AkzoNobel to a friend and 52% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about AkzoNobel have been left by employees working as Estagiário Superior , Auxiliar De Produção and Assistente Administrativo .

Does AkzoNobel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, AkzoNobel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at AkzoNobel. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at AkzoNobel?

69% of AkzoNobel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated AkzoNobel 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at AkzoNobel?

Estagiário (71) , Manager (40) , Sales Manager (30) , Chemist (28) , Intern (27) , Sales Representative (27) , Analista (24) , Project Manager (24) , Account Manager (21) , Customer Service Representative (21) , Assistente Administrativo (19) , Analista Pleno (15) , Marketing (15) , Supply Chain Planner (15) , Analyst (14)

What are the pros of working at AkzoNobel according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and capabilities." ((in 123 reviews)); "Good benefits but not too good" ((in 114 reviews)); "Good work life balance and learning" ((in 100 reviews)); "The pay is good and the 401k is good also." ((in 60 reviews)); "overall very good and friendly colleagues" ((in 53 reviews))

What are the cons of working at AkzoNobel according to real employee reviews?

"Low Salaries for the Scietists working in R&D" ((in 64 reviews)); "Hard work unappreciated with bad managers" ((in 31 reviews)); "Poor leadership and lack of direction from seniors" ((in 27 reviews)); "Upper management is disorganized at times" ((in 18 reviews)); "no oppurtinuty for growth getting bored with senior management" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about AkzoNobel layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about AkzoNobel layoffs and their outlook for job security at AkzoNobel in 2026.

What AkzoNobel locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Rio de Janeiro , São Gonçalo , Recife , São Bernardo do Campo , São Paulo , Mauá , São Roque , Itupeva , Imperatriz , Santo André

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AkzoNobel reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,870 total reviews)

Gregoire Poux-Guillaume

72% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Culture & values

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

AkzoNobel has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,870 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AkzoNobel employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

1.0

Mar 16, 2017

APPLICANT BEWARE

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

There are still some very good employees working for the company. Hopefully Specialty Chemicals will be sold off, and these employees will be retained under new top management.

Cons

Top management does not care about their employees. Does not matter if you are a long time employee, you are expendable to them. Company is going through major reorganization. They waste money on bringing consultants in to call the shots. They pay outsiders to say that former management was all incompetent, so they could move them out, and hand pick who they wanted. If jobs are not being filled internally, there is a reason for that! APPLICANT BEWARE!

3.0

Nov 9, 2016

Use to be a great place

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

17+ years ago this was a great place to work. Management was for the employees, all kinds of incentives and benefits. Made you happy to come to work.

Cons

New management came in, striped all employee incentives. Became a very unpleasant place to work. Lots of layoffs and out sourcing of jobs.

1.0

Sep 26, 2016

Customer Development Manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Its like a community center for children, there are lots of activities and no real work to do. Just look busy.

Cons

One of the worst places to work. It is very much a glass half full kind of business and there is no drive. Those who are on the old ICI contracts are promoted and pushed (mostly because its hard to get rid of them). People do the bare minimum and that is okay because aslong as it looks like you are doing something noone questions you. On the outside it looks like a well functioning business however there is a definite reason that there are no young staff who will be the future of the company. Many leave after a year.

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