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| '''Eastman Chemical Company''' ({{nyse|EMN}}) is a large supplier of ]s, whose main manufacturing facility is located on Long Island in the ] in ]. It was formerly the chemical division of the ] and known as '''Tennessee Eastman''', but was spun off by Kodak in 1993 in an effort by that company to reduce its operations to its "core" photographic businesses. Eastman Chemical is the largest industrial employer in the state of ] and one of its largest employers overall. A grand office building with state of the art decor highlights the main headquarters. ] is the current CEO. | '''Eastman Chemical Company''' ({{nyse|EMN}}) is a large supplier of ]s, whose main manufacturing facility is located on Long Island in the ] in ]. It was formerly the chemical division of the ] and known as '''Tennessee Eastman''', but was spun off by Kodak in 1993 in an effort by that company to reduce its operations to its "core" photographic businesses. Eastman Chemical is the largest industrial employer in the state of ] and one of its largest employers overall. A grand office building with state of the art decor highlights the main headquarters along with an overpriced sundial that sits lonely next to the Employee Center (Great use of company money while facing lay-offs on that one, Betty). ] is the current CEO. He's the one that has been trying to right Big Ern Davenport's sinking ship the last 5 years, and has done a fairly well job of it. | ||
| Eastman Chemical is well known in the region as being the actual basis for the Scott Adams cartoon Dilbert, known for it's dimwitted management and state of hell work conditions put upon it's employees. It's known for promoting the dumbest of individuals who take advantage of the people that do the actual work without reward (don't feel bad, I got denied promotion too). It's best competitive advantage is wasting hours upon hours in meetings around a brown table. (Known as the "Brown Table" strategy). The place is fully of political crap (great one to hear..."you can't be promoted because of how you dress") so if you are smart and live in the Tri-cities without a family to support...MOVE or go work at King Pharmaceuticals. You might just feel better about yourself at the end of the day. | |||
| The company is currently audited by big P lil' w and big frakin C (or PwC), greatly known throughout the Universe and even third world countries like France as being overpriced used car salesmen who use first year staff people straight from ETSU or UT graduation for every annual audit. These kids typically look like deer in headlights and have no freaking clue what they are doing. And they are usually led by a qualified manager and partner that drive up from Atlanta and charge outrageous prices for a 3 hour stay (just like Gilligan Island, "A 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour"). | |||
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Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) is a large supplier of industrial chemicals, whose main manufacturing facility is located on Long Island in the Holston River in Kingsport, Tennessee. It was formerly the chemical division of the Eastman Kodak Company and known as Tennessee Eastman, but was spun off by Kodak in 1993 in an effort by that company to reduce its operations to its "core" photographic businesses. Eastman Chemical is the largest industrial employer in the state of Tennessee and one of its largest employers overall. A grand office building with state of the art decor highlights the main headquarters along with an overpriced sundial that sits lonely next to the Employee Center (Great use of company money while facing lay-offs on that one, Betty). J. Brian Ferguson is the current CEO. He's the one that has been trying to right Big Ern Davenport's sinking ship the last 5 years, and has done a fairly well job of it.
Eastman Chemical is well known in the region as being the actual basis for the Scott Adams cartoon Dilbert, known for it's dimwitted management and state of hell work conditions put upon it's employees. It's known for promoting the dumbest of individuals who take advantage of the people that do the actual work without reward (don't feel bad, I got denied promotion too). It's best competitive advantage is wasting hours upon hours in meetings around a brown table. (Known as the "Brown Table" strategy). The place is fully of political crap (great one to hear..."you can't be promoted because of how you dress") so if you are smart and live in the Tri-cities without a family to support...MOVE or go work at King Pharmaceuticals. You might just feel better about yourself at the end of the day.
The company is currently audited by big P lil' w and big frakin C (or PwC), greatly known throughout the Universe and even third world countries like France as being overpriced used car salesmen who use first year staff people straight from ETSU or UT graduation for every annual audit. These kids typically look like deer in headlights and have no freaking clue what they are doing. And they are usually led by a qualified manager and partner that drive up from Atlanta and charge outrageous prices for a 3 hour stay (just like Gilligan Island, "A 3 hour tour, a 3 hour tour").
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