AkzoNobel reviews

Too many promises made to shareholders about cutbacks (15X20), leading to 45% of bonuses paid in 2019, and bonuses are expected to be even lower in 2020. Multiple sites have closed, leading to increased unemployment. Continued restructuring means that people are doing more with less resources, leading to more stress amongst site managers. Additionally, the restructuring makes it challenging to determine who does what. Long-time employees share that this is the lowest morale has ever been. If applying for a job, ask a lot of questions about long-term outlook of both the position and the location. I additionally recommend asking about site retention and turnover percentage.

Local decisions contradict corporate strategy which puts departments at heads with one another Too much bureaucracy Too much control desired by Amsterdam without understanding local operations Current 15 by 20 strategy is short-sighted as we appear to be embarking on a penny-wise, pound foolish culture e.g. getting rid of experienced heads, bringing in less experienced (cheaper) heads and then allowing poor decisions (costly) to be made Bonus is non-existent for the past few years - local support function bonuses are tied to global performance which is totally stupid as sales and marketing counterparts are not HR may as well be a robotic chat bot as they are nigh on useless on most matters A lot of reactionary thinking and not enough pro-activeness - 15 by 20 is a perfect example of this as it only came about after the PPG bid.