Start your career at P&G but end it someplace else - Engineering Manager Procter & Gamble Employee Review

2.0
Apr 16, 2009
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Pros

Procter and Gamble is a large stable employer who does not lay people off or fire them (even if they're incompetent or lazy or both). They have some very well developed systems which are quite invovled to learn but give people good training in running a business. Very disciplined organization (bordering on the Gestapo). Seems to genuinly care about their people.

Cons

Very autocratic and bureaucratic envinronment. Politically is very hierarchical. Talking to anybody above your boss could be cause for career suicide. People work there their entire careers - so perspective of the outside is lacking. They not only don't embrace change - they recoil from it. Lack of any professional development. P&G does not encourge people to participate in professional organizations or professional development. This has led to loyal employees who are clueless to what's going on in the outside world and how to best adapt to it. Many employees view P&G as it's own little world from which they choose not to venture out of.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

training in in depth, training on job, basic star interview questions good company, stable benefits are somewhat cheap

Cons

training can be a lot, you have about 1-2hr presentations biweekly where you get tested on different aspects of the plant, like steam system, water system, utilities etc, training can last up to 6 months paid once a month, irregular times on call, may have to work weekends depending on machines work long shifts, sometimes up to 16 hours depending on how machines run, expected to be at work by 6am for safety meetings, 5am sometimes depending on the site you work at, expected to stay if machines run poorly can be demanding- most entry level managers are fresh out of college and expected to train and manage individuals who have worked at the company for decades not very easy to change departments, takes a couple of years no matching 401k, they have their own profit sharing thing, if you quit before 3-4 years at the company, you lose the money

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