Is Colgate-Palmolive a good company to work for?

Colgate-Palmolive has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 4,724 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at Colgate-Palmolive to a friend and 70% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Colgate-Palmolive have been left by employees working as Internship , Intern and Director .

Does Colgate-Palmolive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Colgate-Palmolive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Colgate-Palmolive. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Colgate-Palmolive?

80% of Colgate-Palmolive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Colgate-Palmolive 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Colgate-Palmolive?

Intern (145) , Estagiário (90) , Brand Manager (61) , Internship (54) , Manager (48) , Business Analyst (39) , Analyst (38) , Marketing (35) , Director (30) , Customer Development Executive (29) , Customer Development Manager (28) , Analista (27) , Customer Development Officer (24) , Financial Analyst (20) , Operador De Máquinas (20)

What are the pros of working at Colgate-Palmolive according to real employee reviews?

"Great Culture and Empathetic towards employees" ((in 268 reviews)); "The people are great and collaborate constantly." ((in 238 reviews)); "Good work life balance and place to learn" ((in 192 reviews)); "benefits are good and retirement" ((in 186 reviews)); "It has a good salary and it's aware of the work" ((in 90 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Colgate-Palmolive according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and make you move around" ((in 61 reviews)); "The upper management does not give a crap about you." ((in 16 reviews)); "Mid management needs to align with senior management on personnel policies and start working towards the development of their reports, in order to get people motivated and more committed to their roles" ((in 16 reviews)); "Promotions are often given to favorites or to those they want to make "examples" of" ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Colgate-Palmolive layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Colgate-Palmolive layoffs and their outlook for job security at Colgate-Palmolive in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Colgate-Palmolive locations?

New York , Piscataway , Morristown , Morristown , Hodges , Atlanta , Minneapolis , Topeka , Cambridge , Greenwood , Dallas , Rogers , New Brunswick , Guaynabo , San Juan , Chicago , Cincinnati , Edison , Burlington , Scottsdale , Los Angeles , Jersey City , Newark , Phoenix , Knoxville , Memphis , Columbus , Smyrna , Bloomfield , Elizabeth

Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(2,488 total reviews)

Noel Wallace

85% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (2,488 reviews)

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Colgate-Palmolive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,488 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).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews

5.0

Jan 19, 2024

Good to work

Chennai

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture, work life balance , updated & fresh environment

Cons

Lack of exposure, slow career development,

4.0

Jan 19, 2024

Good

Junior brand manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment and work life balance

Cons

Very fast paced and stressful

2.0

Jan 17, 2024

R&D does not invest in their talent

R&d

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- good hours (depending on management) - good benefits - people are nice

Cons

- antiquated hierarchical structure perpetuated by culture of fighting to earn your right to be in meetings/conversations about the work that you are responsible for - rat race even after going above and beyond to meet objectives so it is almost impossible to "do well" unless you play the corporate game - people have many times been told to "just work harder" when voicing unhappiness - people have experienced multiple borderline offensive/harassment incidents from upper management and nothing was done about it - very low retention of people in specific areas of R&D

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