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      Henkel

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      Henkel reviews

      4.4

      90% would recommend to a friend

      (5,192 total reviews)
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      Carsten Knobel

      94% approve of CEO

      82% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Henkel has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,192 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Henkel employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 25, 2017

      Don't waste your MBA here. Henkel wants you to have an MBA, just not use it.

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good benefits, decent pay, delicious cafeteria food. Flexible work hours for some (a few bad managers are clock watchers and heavily monitor their employees comings and goings).

      Cons

      No opportunities for training, development, or career growth. All opportunities are in Dusseldorf, Germany. Ridiculous Forced Ranking practice for annual reviews - yes, that practice you studied in Grad School that everyone learned is a terrible idea.

      4.0
      Nov 18, 2015

      Assistant Brand Manager

      Assistant brand manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If your dream career path is in Marketing, particularly managing national and global brands then Henkel is one of the best starting points you can find. The level of experience you can gain here is amazing. Also, they have a suite in the Phoenix Arena, where you can get tickets to concerts and sporting events.

      Cons

      Be prepared for many 12-15 hour days working on tasks that have no value add to your business. This is a German company, and they have frequent requests for internal information which takes away from your ability to work on what you need to do to improve your brands position. Also, while there is office politics in every business that you go to, this place is pretty bad. Promotions and other opportunities are provided to those that play the political games, more than your performance on improving your brands top line or bottom line outcome.

      1.0
      Sep 26, 2019

      Henkel is not worth your time or energy

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      401k and very nice office

      Cons

      Germany makes all of the decisions for all regions. Which has proven to be a disaster for the North American market. Thus far their businesses in NA are consistently trending downward. The lack of communication there is the worst I've experienced in my career. There are several people that I have met that going to be leaving due to the poor work environment. Pay raises are well below the average. A 2% pay raise is the best a employee can achieve. A director explained to me that Henkel is an excellent company to work for if you keep your head down, shut up and collect your paycheck but Henkel isn't for someone who has ideas to bring about a positive change to make things better. STEER CLEAR OF THIS COMPANY!!!!

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