Great Learning Opportunity, but Poor Management - Junior Marketing Manager Henkel Employee Review

2.0
Feb 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great exposure to real business challenges. - Well-known global company with strong industry presence. - Good place to build resilience and adaptability.

Cons

- Management is often untrained in actual people management, leading to poor leadership and lack of support. - Extremely bureaucratic, making even small decisions frustratingly slow. - Work-life balance can be tough due to high expectations and unclear priorities. - Some outdated systems and processes that make efficiency difficult.

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1.0
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Pros

Good pay, Union job, not terrible work overall

Cons

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Henkel Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your experience and for your more than 10 years of service with Henkel. We're pleased to hear that you value the compensation and aspects of the work environment. At the same time, we understand how important transparent communication is. Feedback regarding leadership visibility, communication, and career development is taken seriously and helps us identify areas where we can improve. We appreciate your candid perspective and have shared this feedback with the leadership team. Best, Your Henkel HR Team
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