Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,485 total reviews)
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Noel Wallace

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Colgate-Palmolive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,485 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Colgate-Palmolive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Jul 25, 2010

Good, solid foundational company.

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Pros

Great people make it enjoyable to come to work. Senior management has become more engaged with key stakeholders both internally and externally. Not a company that has a ton of flash, but a company that has a great deal of substance - "fringe benefits" are not common but strong bonus payout and retirement plans more than compensate. Very stable and excellent at tactical execution. Tremendous at fast following. Despite cons listed, the overall company is strong and stable and I highly recommend it.

Cons

Struggles to innovate successfully. Does not spend tremendously on advertising beyond oral care brands while other categories are primarily left to fend off competition in-store. Very lean organization does not always offer quick advancement and advancement to higher levels of sales management forces you to go through NY (expensive and family challenging). Can be somewhat near-sighted with frequent "fires to put out". Resources are not always allocated optimally to support the business creating challenges at work/life balance.

5.0
Jun 20, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Lives it's core values of: Caring, Continuous Improvement and Global Teamwork, wonderful people, process and systems, Managing with Respect culture. Great benefits and takes care of it's people overall (i.e. great beneftis, career advancement opportunities).

Cons

Overall still a very conservative cutlure which at times stifles innovation and creativity.

4.0
May 1, 2010
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Pros

* Extremely stable environment makes for anxiety-free employees. * Large number of expats creates a very dynamic and competitive work environment (a plus) * Very good internal training programs. * Relationships matter * NYC office location is fantastic * Generally the expoused values are lived

Cons

* Sr. Management is afraid to cut dead weight . Poor performers are sidelined, but never let go. If you have one on your team, or God forbid above you -> you're screwed * Highly political environment. * Extremely conservative decision making, no one ever takes a risk * Decisions (even small ones) are made at a ridiculously high level. Very much a top-down culture * Bureaucratic. Some processes exist solely for the sake of saying we have a process * When things go wrong, people are extremely quick to finger-point. It's always "who messed up" and not "what can we do to fix it." * People move jobs too quickly and leave a complete mess in their wake (especially Marketing & Supply Chain).

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