Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,482 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 2,482 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
Mar 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are smart, hard-working, friendly and collaborative people across the organization in all departments and at all levels. People genuinely enjoy spending time with their colleagues, which is rare in a large corporation.

Cons

It can take some time to rise through the ranks to have real decision-making power over your business, particularly on highly visible brands.

3.0
Dec 13, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great salary, big independency People are friendly, good atmosphere

Cons

Process transferred to India Very difficult communication with the teams in India Incompetence in managing people No HR activities for a carrier growth

2.0
Jul 16, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

This company is stable and you are highly unlikely to be laid off.

Cons

The opportunity for advancement is terrible. It is an open secret that there is a 8 year wait list for promotion to associate director level. Someone has to retire or die before promotion can occur because the number of employees at that level or higher is fixed and can never increase. The company has no compunction about working people to death with no intention of ever promoting them. The only way get a management opportunity is to leave the company. There are only two weeks paid vacation for the first five years of service. They'll offer to let you buy another week, but they won't tell you that the week will cost you the fully burdened rate or about 4% of your gross annual income. That's an entire pay check.

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