DuPont (E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company)

Chemicals

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Wilmington, DE
164 offices
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ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

Making building blocks

Over the years, the E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company’s slogan has changed from “better living through chemistry” to “the miracles of Science,” and the change is indicative of how the company has changed with the times, evolving from a company that merely produced chemicals and materials into a company that “does” science—and which is using it to generate products as diverse as genetically modified corn, space-age building materials and nonstick coatings. As a test of how far DuPont’s products have permeated the global consciousness, try thinking of an alternate name or definition for some of its brand name innovations: Teflon, Rayon, Dacron, Lycra and Kevlar are all members of the everyday lexicon, despite their seeming obscurity as materials that are mere components in other goods.

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SALARIES

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SURVEY SAYS

Junior discomforts

An insider says that when he was with DuPont, “it did not appear that managers received any kind of training,” so that management appeared to be “very hit or miss.” Our source says that while there was an emphasis on Six Sigma but results, these didn’t always last “due to frequent personnel moves. Three-fourths of the way through my Six Sigma project I discovered an earlier project in my division which addressed some of the same issues, but this was the first I had heard of it. None of the follow-up had been done in quite a long time.” As for the corporate attitude, it was one of “sink or swim. In spite of all of the ODs and the information on the intranet, I was constantly finding things out, usually a little too late. Also, lots of politics … good old boy system and favoritism. Lots of backstabbing.”

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Getting Hired

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DuPont or do not?

DuPont’s careers page offers information about the numerous career paths available which include consulting solutions, engineering, finance, hospitality and services, HR, IT, legal, sales and marketing, sourcing and logistics, and R&D. The section also offers information on work and life at the company, as well as university recruiting. There are separate links to available jobs in six regions: Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe/Middle East/Africa, Mexico, South America and the United States. Jobs are searchable by location, job function, keyword and organization. Job functions include administrative, customer service, engineering, facilities, hospitality, HR, information technology, legal, marketing, research and development, safety/health/environmental, supply chain management and many others.

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