Company is headed down the drain - HR Specialist Brenntag Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2026
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Pros

Flexibility with the hybrid schedule

Cons

A major challenge within the organization is the effectiveness and credibility of senior leadership, particularly within HR and at the executive level. There is a clear and ongoing disconnect between senior HR leadership and how the business actually operates. Even after multiple years in the role, there appears to be a limited understanding of the company’s core segments and how they function. This significantly undermines HR’s ability to act as a strategic partner and creates frustration across teams. Communication from the highest level of HR leadership is limited, inconsistent, and often lacks empathy. Many employees feel that decisions are made from a purely cost-driven perspective rather than with a balanced view that considers the people behind the work. The approach feels transactional instead of people-focused, which has negatively impacted morale and trust. There are also growing concerns about overall executive leadership. Feedback and reviews from the CEO’s previous organization have raised questions internally about leadership style and culture. This has made transparency, communication, and trust-building even more important, yet employees continue to feel a lack of visibility and engagement from the top.

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5.0
Jan 21, 2026
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Pros

Financial security and strong motivation from competitive salary and bonuses. Comprehensive benefits package (Gym reimbursement, health, retirement, PTO, and personal & wellness time off). Fair compensation based on experience. Good work-life balance supported by benefits. my role: Easy to work for Brenntag as it's highly recognized and established reputation. Extensive and diverse product portfolio. Large existing customer base for relationship building and upselling. Robust operational efficiency and logistical support. Competitive advantage in pricing, rush orders, caustic, resources, and expertise.

Cons

Time-consuming manual prospecting methods. No lead generation tools, difficulty in scaling new business development efforts which is part of our KPIs. Higher risk of missing promising leads or market segments due to lack of prospecting tools. Over-reliance on internal resources or personal networks for new business.

2.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Easy work, great co workers

Cons

Too many unnecessary office employees, and management. Driver facing cameras. Childish policies. A lot of brainstorming that mostly revolves around how to blame a driver or how to take money back out of drivers pockets in favor of paying people in the office whose jobs should be consolidated or replaced. They started paying more after Covid because their hand was forced, then the big minds got together and made new policies to take more than half of that money back from the driver and people who work overtime because clearly those people aren’t smart enough to figure that out and will just take it.

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