Horrible Culture - Anonymous employee L'Oréal Employee Review

2.0
Oct 13, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits, as well as brand recognition.

Cons

Work life balance is horrible. The culture itself is where the true problems begin. The employees have either worked for L’Oreal their whole career or do not even last a year. To say turnover is problem is an understatement. HR allows people to be bullied and treated poorly and everyone uses the excuse of “that’s just the L’Oreal way”. My advice would be if you even slightly care about spending time with your family or you care about your mental health, do not work here.

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L'Oréal Response
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Hi, we take very seriously the comments and testimonies from both current employees and sincerely regret to hear you had such a bad experience. Your comment will be communicated to top management and take into consideration. There are many programs and services to increase work-life balance and help our employees to focus on what's important for them; for instance, from concierge service to extended paternity leave. We have a proactive zero-tolerance policy towards bullying, discrimination or any kind of harassment and encourage our employees to provide feedback to their HRD, manager or ethics correspondent if one of them is the source of the problem. They are here to help and support all employees. Please do not hesitate to contact them as you continue with us. Madeline

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