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      Colgate-Palmolive

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      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

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      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 2,483 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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      2K reviews
      3.0
      May 31, 2010

      Good place to learn but behind the competition

      Procurement agent
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Lots of opportunities to learn and grow, especially at lower levels Good, caring coworkers Stable environment Strong global brands Excellent benefits

      Cons

      Highly political Employees not given latitude to make decisions Some senior management not walking the talk Focus on short term results and cost cutting instead of brand building Antiquated dress code

      4.0
      May 7, 2010

      Old school thinking but excellent benefits

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good salary and benefits for higher positions. Good development plan. Opportunities to work abroad. Most of the times a very friendly environment.

      Cons

      Most of the employees have a old fashioned view of things and a closed mind. This could be due to the fact that a lot of people have been there since the plant started and most of the middle managers were founders of the plant. Very few young people, and some co-workers can be very unfriendy.

      4.0
      May 1, 2010

      Rock-Solid Company, But Overly Political

      Project leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * Extremely stable environment makes for anxiety-free employees. * Large number of expats creates a very dynamic and competitive work environment (a plus) * Very good internal training programs. * Relationships matter * NYC office location is fantastic * Generally the expoused values are lived

      Cons

      * Sr. Management is afraid to cut dead weight . Poor performers are sidelined, but never let go. If you have one on your team, or God forbid above you -> you're screwed * Highly political environment. * Extremely conservative decision making, no one ever takes a risk * Decisions (even small ones) are made at a ridiculously high level. Very much a top-down culture * Bureaucratic. Some processes exist solely for the sake of saying we have a process * When things go wrong, people are extremely quick to finger-point. It's always "who messed up" and not "what can we do to fix it." * People move jobs too quickly and leave a complete mess in their wake (especially Marketing & Supply Chain).

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