Good experience but outdated technical career system - R&D Researcher Procter & Gamble Employee Review

4.0
May 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. The people 2. The brands 3. The science People are great here. Most are kind and great collaborators. The brands you work on are iconic, massive, and made with exceptional quality. The science behind the formulation and process is outstanding and very cool to work on.

Cons

Unfortunately, P&G offers a much slower technical track for chemists and biologists coming into the company then it does for its engineers. I would say an average of 10 years is required to make the technical level of an incoming engineer (and many researchers never get promoted to that level). Despite this, p&g is a great place for a BS scientist to start their career.

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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
Recommend
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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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