Great Global Brand, Challenging environment for Growth - Senior Manager Colgate-Palmolive Employee Review

2.0
18 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Colgate-Palmolive is a globally recognized brand with a strong legacy in consumer goods, making it a great place to gain experience - Access to extensive tools & resources in digital technology - Talented colleagues and teams who are passionate about their subject matter

Cons

- Limited growth, opportunities: career progression can feel stagnant. There’s often a lack of clear pathways for advancement and internal mobility is only prioritized if you’ve been working for the company for 5+ years. - Resource constraints and overload: While the company has ambitious goals, there’s often a mismatch between expectations and the resources provided to execute them effectively. Teams frequently operate in a lean structure, making it difficult to scale properly. - Slow decision-making and bureaucracy: as with many large corporations, internal processes can be rigid and slow, moving, which can hinder agility. Status in the organization / Who you know / Name dropping is a thing here - Lack of trust: Leadership structures can sometimes be overly controlling, making it challenging to take ownership autonomously of project without excessive oversight. - Inconsistent support for innovation: While the company emphasizes digital transformation there is a gap between vision and execution with many initiatives lacking the necessary investment and long-term commitment

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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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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