Learn from the best - Consumer & Market Knowledge Associate Manager Procter & Gamble Employee Review

5.0
Nov 15, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

P&G is one of the best marketing and market research companies in the world. They have a phenomenal training program to make you a top-notch marketer or researcher. They truly believe in finding smart people fresh out of undergrad or grad school, and then training them the P&G way (which has proved very successful). They also have some of the best leadership of any company. I think there are more CEOs in the US who came from P&G than any other company. And Lafley is definitely among the top with how much success he's had since he took over. He has not only improved the company financially, but he also implemented several programs that help drive the entire business around the consumer.

Cons

It is a large company with a lot of very talented people and it is sometimes hard to shine among a lot of stars. It is also a little bit slow and bureaucratic, which can be frustrating at times. It is a very collaborative company, but sometimes that means there are too many cooks in the kitchen. And it is also a very data and consumer drive company, but sometimes that means no one knows how to make any decisions without asking the consumer first. In some cases, decisions need to be made quickly and you can't always have tons of data for every single question.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible Nice Staff Intern Bonding

Cons

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2.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Pros

-Strong training ground for brand management -Managers are good for the most part

Cons

-Unfortunately this generation of VPs, SVPs Presidents, C-Suite and CEO are among the worst I've ever seen; soul draining culture and "frantic" versus thought-through strategies. Because P&G is up-or-out, unfortunately everyone who is at that level all operate the same: an obsession with work, high panic which ultimately leads to beating down on the organization to do more while not actually caring about the employees. There is an enormous mental health crisis in the Procter & Gamble walls right now that HR and leadership is just simply not looking to change because business results are more important to them -Career growth is a joke - 100% politics, 0% merit. Some of the most recent appointments within the company are very good examples of this specifically with multiple promotions to executive levels with questionable results and known emotionally abusive issues but are mentees of the CEO -Very weak compensation structure vs CPG peers (even though P&G does not think this). They claim cost of living in Cincinnati makes it competitive but if they did a true deep dive on total comp structure, P&G is abysmal after your first 2 years there

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