A great place for new graduates, but not so for experienced - Assistant Brand Manager Intern Procter & Gamble Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

A big name on your resume. working for P&G opens the door for many future opportunities in CPG industry. Great people to work with. Communication is open and sufficient, and you can make friends with many lovely co-workers. Great benefits.

Cons

Rating system is very political, does not always reflect the truth. your manager's personal preference plays a key role on your performance. Not all the low-level managers are qualified. Many of them were promoted given the number of years they serve the company but not their talent. Don't be surprise to see your manager gives you lots of foolish 'coaching' or screaming at you... This situation will particularly hurt the new hires with experience somewhere else. You have to get start from the bottom given the promot from within policy, but your manager probably doesn't have the qualification to understand your talent and skills at all! Very hard to transfer your skills and experiences to P&G if you are an experienced professional. You are encouraged to learn lots of complicated rules on how to get works done on P&G's way rather than your own, new ideas are not encouraged. Work itself are pretty boring in Canada.

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Pros

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Cons

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