Is Henkel a good company to work for?

Henkel has an overall rating of 4.4 out of 5, based on over 10,082 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 90% of employees would recommend working at Henkel to a friend and 82% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Henkel have been left by employees working as Praktikant , Internship and Intern .

Does Henkel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Henkel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Henkel. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Henkel?

90% of Henkel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Henkel 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Henkel?

Intern (332) , Internship (210) , Manager (124) , Brand Manager (85) , Estagiário (81) , Marketing (72) , Marketing Intern (67) , Sales Manager (62) , Key Account Manager (56) , Project Manager (48) , Assistant Brand Manager (44) , Supply Planner (44) , Sales Representative (43) , Analyst (42) , Supply Chain (42)

What are the pros of working at Henkel according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and there are many tools that the company provides" ((in 423 reviews)); "The people were great and were always willing to help me out with anything I needed and provide advice on a daily basis." ((in 373 reviews)); "Healthy and good work life balance" ((in 255 reviews)); "Super teams Great Know" ((in 233 reviews)); "great company and colleagues" ((in 223 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Henkel according to real employee reviews?

"For the lowest managerial levels salaries are low and the workload is huge." ((in 202 reviews)); "Poor management and not respecting for other" ((in 152 reviews)); "Poor Management and Leadership." ((in 49 reviews)); "Some mid managers expressed being extremely stressed reporting numbers in meetings to the always unhappy upper management." ((in 23 reviews)); "Bad career path, senior management dominant" ((in 17 reviews))

What are employees saying about Henkel layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Henkel layoffs and their outlook for job security at Henkel in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Henkel locations?

Düsseldorf , Hamburg , Heidelberg , Berlin , Köln , Wassertrüdingen , Garching b.München , Stuttgart , Jena , Eppelheim , Mannheim , Herborn , Vallendar , Hannover , Düren , Porta Westfalica , Viersen , Meerbusch , Brackenheim , München

Henkel reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,210 total reviews)

Carsten Knobel

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

Henkel has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,210 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 Produktion industry (3.7 stars).

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5K reviews

4.0

Apr 12, 2015

Program Manager - custom equipment for Automotive industry

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great opportunity for a good talented engineer to grow and to also experience large scale automotive manufacturing and automation. also learned about adhesives and chemical processes from fantastically talented chemists.

Cons

Henkel is a family owned global company. Decisions are often made for short term monetary gains over thoughtful business choices. Possibly too big to understand which individual's are generating profits IE carrying a businesses group. Then eliminate the group or business unit. Like the old saying about throwing out the baby with the bath water. Also promotion is tied to having an MBA. Probably because all MBAs look at short term profits and management bonuses over long term business strategy.

3.0

Apr 7, 2015

Decent company good benefits and salary but limited opportunities for advancement.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Majority of co-workers and NA colleagues are good people and professionals to work with. Good investments in NA, but poor planning and execution of project scope and funding at upper levels.

Cons

Last few years NA upper management totally mismanaged the business causing a lot of corporate managers to quit. No plan to develop talent from within and opportunities are filled with German ex-pats or outside hires.

3.0

Apr 3, 2015

Good place to start your career

Master data specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

International environment, lots of job opportunities for fresh graduates, flexible hours, 13th & 14th salary, HenkelShop

Cons

SSC environment, working during holidays (xmas included), too junior team, not enough carreer opportunities for the highly experienced professionals

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