Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,485 total reviews)
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Noel Wallace

85% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Colgate-Palmolive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,485 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Colgate-Palmolive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
May 1, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

* Extremely stable environment makes for anxiety-free employees. * Large number of expats creates a very dynamic and competitive work environment (a plus) * Very good internal training programs. * Relationships matter * NYC office location is fantastic * Generally the expoused values are lived

Cons

* Sr. Management is afraid to cut dead weight . Poor performers are sidelined, but never let go. If you have one on your team, or God forbid above you -> you're screwed * Highly political environment. * Extremely conservative decision making, no one ever takes a risk * Decisions (even small ones) are made at a ridiculously high level. Very much a top-down culture * Bureaucratic. Some processes exist solely for the sake of saying we have a process * When things go wrong, people are extremely quick to finger-point. It's always "who messed up" and not "what can we do to fix it." * People move jobs too quickly and leave a complete mess in their wake (especially Marketing & Supply Chain).

3.0
Mar 3, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coming out of College it is a good company to start of with Knowledge of low level workers are very helpful to you. Gives you access to move up rapidly to a Grade 13 (That is when things start to get hard) Offers in house courses to help you

Cons

Pay Scale is low especially if you live in NY area and are thinking or having a family and are a grade 14 or less Tuition Reimbursement $10000 per year especially in NY area for graduate courses is low Communication is poor like most big companies.

4.0
Aug 31, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

(+) Classic training on how to run a business (+) Colgate values are reflected within company culture, caring and work/life balance (+) Retention - many managers have been with the company for a long time (10-20yrs!) (+) Good locations - most sales managers are field-based - home offices or have offices in cities closest to the accounts (+) New U.S. President - has a great management style, leading change!

Cons

(-) Innovation - usually not first to market with new items (-) Cross-functionality within roles - it is difficult to work with other divisions without getting pushback

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