Pros
Flex hours that allows R&D to have every other Friday off is a nice perk (though there is no guarantee of how long that work schedule will continue).
Cons
One major difference between Coty and other companies is in how it motivates its employees. Good companies motivate their people with "rewards and recognition" system. Coty motivates people with "fear and intimidation". As a result, most employees walk around Coty always fearing that the tiniest of mistakes could get them fired. The culture of "fear and intimidation" makes people very oppose to trying new things as they are afraid of failure. In R&D, this leads to a culture very opposed to trying new things. As a result, Coty pretty much ends up recycling old products over and over and end up calling them "new". Another issue is the overall competency of Senior management. Most of them lack the technical understanding to do their jobs. A lot of time and effort is spent on power trips & competing with other managers for useless symbols of power (fancy titles, office space, blackberry, etc.,) and very little time is spent managing their projects & developing their people. Finally, Coty is incredibly top heavy and there just isn't career growth opportunities within R&D. As a result, they will continue to lose their good workers. Ovearll, I wouldn't recommend Coty to anyone (well....maybe if i really hate someone, I might tell that person to go work at Coty).
