Does Colgate-Palmolive pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Colgate-Palmolive employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Colgate-Palmolive. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Colgate-Palmolive?

81% of Colgate-Palmolive employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Colgate-Palmolive 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Colgate-Palmolive?

Intern (145) , Estagiário (90) , Brand Manager (61) , Internship (54) , Manager (48) , Business Analyst (39) , Analyst (37) , Marketing (35) , Director (30) , Customer Development Executive (29) , Customer Development Manager (28) , Analista (26) , Customer Development Officer (24) , Financial Analyst (20) , Operador De Máquinas (20)

What are the pros of working at Colgate-Palmolive according to real employee reviews?

"Great Culture and Empathetic towards employees" ((in 262 reviews)); "The people are great and collaborate constantly." ((in 244 reviews)); "Good work life balance and place to learn" ((in 199 reviews)); "benefits are good and retirement" ((in 197 reviews)); "Good salary and two bonus pots if working in manufacturing plant" ((in 78 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Colgate-Palmolive according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management and make you move around" ((in 62 reviews)); "The upper management does not give a crap about you." ((in 16 reviews)); "Mid management needs to align with senior management on personnel policies and start working towards the development of their reports, in order to get people motivated and more committed to their roles" ((in 15 reviews))

What are employees saying about Colgate-Palmolive layoffs in 2026?

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

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,482 total reviews)

Noel Wallace

86% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

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4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Career opportunities

Colgate-Palmolive has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,482 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

5.0

Feb 14, 2025

Best Place to work

Expert data scientist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is best

Cons

Career Growth is very slow

3.0

Feb 14, 2025

Recent Layoffs / Uncertanty

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Solid Benefits - Solid Company Foundation

Cons

- Watched 2 colleagues get laid off in the last round of cuts because Colgate no longer had a reason to NOT promote - Unclear communication from the top - Reorganization/layoffs being used as fear tactic for "who could be next" from Exec Level, to ask for lack of work/life balance

4.0

Feb 13, 2025

Excellent company to work

Senior sap consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

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Compensation is not at par with other company

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