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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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).

4.0
Mar 13, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place for young professionals to start business carrier. Good team, caring atmosphere, a lot of corporate trainings, opportunities to grow.

Cons

As company in Ukraine is not very big – at some moment you may feel limitations for your further growth locally and sometimes it will not be easy to go for international assignments.

4.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits package - Full medical, excellent dental, 401K company match up to 6% of contribution. Casual Friday, office closes at 1 pm on Friday for summer hours. Salary is competitive. Job satisfaction relies quite a bit on where you are assigned and its the luck of the draw. Managers are rotated constantly.

Cons

Admins are assigned to up to 9 people. They have a lot silly training programs that don't really apply to admins although we were forced to participate. Company is extremely cost conscious and focused on shareholders.

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