Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,484 total reviews)
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Noel Wallace

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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).

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2K reviews
5.0
Jun 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Lives it's core values of: Caring, Continuous Improvement and Global Teamwork, wonderful people, process and systems, Managing with Respect culture. Great benefits and takes care of it's people overall (i.e. great beneftis, career advancement opportunities).

Cons

Overall still a very conservative cutlure which at times stifles innovation and creativity.

3.0
May 31, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to learn and grow, especially at lower levels Good, caring coworkers Stable environment Strong global brands Excellent benefits

Cons

Highly political Employees not given latitude to make decisions Some senior management not walking the talk Focus on short term results and cost cutting instead of brand building Antiquated dress code

4.0
May 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and benefits for higher positions. Good development plan. Opportunities to work abroad. Most of the times a very friendly environment.

Cons

Most of the employees have a old fashioned view of things and a closed mind. This could be due to the fact that a lot of people have been there since the plant started and most of the middle managers were founders of the plant. Very few young people, and some co-workers can be very unfriendy.

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