Colgate-Palmolive reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(2,483 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 2,483 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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5.0
Mar 17, 2026

Great place to learn

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice place for young employees to learn and improve, great for first corporate job

Cons

Limited job positions, it can be difficult to be promoted because of that

2.0
Mar 13, 2026

Currently Quiet Firing

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Pros

Good benefits and fair pay. Besides the very top, great people.

Cons

Company has been implementing quiet firing since late q3. They’ve been warning the whole organization about layoffs for months via internal emails, videos, and town halls. They have also mandated four days in office with no data or reasoning as to why. People are very much aware that this is the very top trying to get people to quit on their own so that the org does not have to pay unemployment/severance. While this may be legal in the US, it’s extremely unethical behavior to purposely reduce moral and scare your employees into quitting. I’ve always thought of Colgate as an ethical company so I’m saddened to see them take the unethical approach. The culture, unfortunately, has shifted from progressive to more and more regressive.

1.0
Mar 13, 2026

Good company outlook, poor management

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Pros

Well known, large company that has great benefits.

Cons

Even with evidence, HR will not assist you with hostile work environment situations. Management cannot agree on a direction for the company to go in, which results in the team spinning in circles. Management does not adhere to set meeting times or make an effort to meet with their direct reports. Difficult to get direction on projects when no one is aligned on priorities.

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