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 261 reviews)); "The people are great and collaborate constantly." ((in 242 reviews)); "Great benefits and very supportive." ((in 191 reviews)); "Good work life balance and place to learn" ((in 185 reviews)); "It has a good salary and it's aware of the work" ((in 89 reviews))

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

"Bad management and make you move around" ((in 59 reviews)); "The upper management does not give a crap about you." ((in 15 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 14 reviews)); "Favoritism does exist, and it is brutally display." ((in 7 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

3.0

Jun 3, 2012

Average company to work for - ability to learn many new technologies!

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Work life balance Summer hours Work from home Plenty of training

Cons

Salary not competitive Work tends to get boring Slow growth, promotions based on every other year regardless of contributions Performance reviews based on seniority, work enough years and you'll reach the top Talent retention issues while others just get by doing nothing IT management are non technical folks making technical decisions

3.0

May 21, 2012

Enjoyable and Sometimes disappointing

Senior package engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, ability to travel globally

Cons

Can be challenging to move throught thenorganizationif you are not flexible enough to travel often...or cannot do short/long term assignments at the Global facilities

4.0

May 11, 2012

Fulfilling

Manager git

Recommend

CEO approval

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1. Excellent work life balance : The company truly cares for its employees personal priorities 2. Lot of focus on development of the employee : A lot of effort is put into planning development of individual careers 3. Challenging work : Lot of fulfilling work available

Cons

1. Not enough dynamism in overall company strategy : The company does not appear to care much about achieving a higher growth rate (topline or bottom line) 2. Too system driven : Almost bureaucratic in the approach in many areas 3. Too cautious in decision making.

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