Pros
Good discounts on cosmetics. Summer Fridays.
Cons
A toxic working environment, where one risks getting fired just for voicing her/his opinion. The management structure is entrenched from what it looks like older days of Estee. It is full with ego driven individuals with contempt for anyone challenging their views. I guess this depends on the team, but this negative corporate culture seems to be pervasive in the company. I've witnessed many senseless firings of intelligent people for voicing their opinions. Needless to say such manifestations of power kill the moral among employees. Another glaring issue is lack of diversity in management and they tend to hire clones of themselves resulting in a cliquey sorority club. If you are not part of such groups you are treated as an outcast without a voice., and expected to blindly follow their directives. One outcome of such an approach is the effect on the quality of the work. The deep pockets of Estee allows mediocre individuals with influence among the management to impose their (lack of) vision, which translates in lots of inefficiencies and wasted money and opportunities. Estee Lauder Companies is probably good to start one's career but not a place for experienced and ambitious individuals. Or it would probably be better to work within one of their many brands rather than the corporate entity. It even seems that leadership in the brands and across the affiliates are frustrated with how badly things are run from the Corporate Entity.