Work-Life Balance Needs a Reset - Demand Planner Colgate-Palmolive Employee Review

4.0
May 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very collaborative environment. The teams are excellent at coming together and doing whatever it takes to get the job done

Cons

Poor work-life balance. Leadership appears unaware of—or indifferent to—rapidly growing workloads. After-hours work has become the norm for some employees0, making it difficult to disconnect and maintain a healthy personal life. Leadership needs to better align project demands with realistic staff capacity.

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5.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

People-first culture, work flexibility, wide range of opportunities to advance

Cons

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1.0
May 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good fringe benefits. Above average insurance.

Cons

Very toxic work environment. Company promotes work life balance however meetings are scheduled during lunch and at 5:00pm. People are made to stand in daily plant meetings, no chairs in the rooms. Particularly hard on shop floor staff who work 12hr shifts. I NEVER had time to take a lunch hour the entire time I worked there. Phone calls at home daily/nightly(middle of the night) and almost every day every weekend as OTLs are poorly trained. Company promotes inclusion however Americans are bullied particularly by hispanics within the company. Company touts multiculturalism but does no training on dealing with other cultures. Entire plant Planning staff turned over in less than 2 years. Very stressful work environment cause by high-school like drama by LT. Managers are routinely put in PEP for issues months after they occur. No support whatsoever from Planning manager, HR or Leadership Team. Training is ALL online, when asked LT for help with SAP questions...response was to GOOGLE it. Direct manager was initially a STA with major inflated sense of self. Final manager was novice at managing people and very childish. Again, very toxic work environment overall.

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