Is Colgate-Palmolive a good company to work for?

Colgate-Palmolive has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 4,717 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 81% of employees would recommend working at Colgate-Palmolive to a friend and 72% 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?

81% 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 (26) , 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 260 reviews)); "The people are great and collaborate constantly." ((in 239 reviews)); "Good work life balance and place to learn" ((in 196 reviews)); "benefits are good and retirement" ((in 196 reviews)); "It has a good salary and it's aware of the work" ((in 84 reviews))

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

"Bad management and make you move around" ((in 59 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 15 reviews)); "The upper management does not give a crap about you." ((in 14 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

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,484 total reviews)

Noel Wallace

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (2,484 reviews)

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Colgate-Palmolive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,484 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

3.0

Dec 14, 2011

easy work, good pay, but no growth

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-good pay -flexible hours -they pay for your education -people do respect each other -no pressure/stress on the job

Cons

-no career growth for people that are just starting out -company is too conservative -they have strict rules on people working from home only after a year -managers aren't too technical -ideas are welcome but they prefer to stick to their old ways

4.0

Oct 21, 2011

Truly Multicultural dynamic environment

Marketing director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diverse colleagues Practical approach to marketing Great products Lots of exposure to senior executives Global movement highly probable Multifunctional teams allows for good sharing of best practices Best in class for margin improvement without compromising quality of products Great place for working mothers

Cons

Talks a lot about innovative problem solving and "out of the box" thinking but does not promote it or reward it among employees. Too conservative...kills creativity Like many corporations squeaky wheels get very far without Providing much results for the company No risk taking In Europe, vis a vis competition, colgate is more of a reactive company, not proactive in approach to their brands. .

1.0

Oct 19, 2011

When did I become Dilbert?

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to gain international exposure as 80% (and rising agressively) of business is outside US Great place for women and minorities. If you have a good manager, you can obtain interesting projects.

Cons

Steadily reducing benefits and training opportunites for years. Heavily offshoring both development and manufacturing. HR is completely unresponsive to employees and applicants, a blessing since their information often conflicts. Excuses given for arbitrarily promoting or not promoting personnel border on insanity. Though they preach "Managing with Respect", managers can give poor reviews without any explanation of reasons to employees with great long term records.

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Jobs at Colgate-Palmolive

Operations Team Leader

Quality Tech Engineer

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Operations Team Leader