Very challenging for external hires - Consumer Insights Manager Procter & Gamble Employee Review

3.0
Apr 6, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Tremendous learning opportunity, after all P&G is best in class when it comes to marketing. You get to work with very smart people. For the most part people are very nice. Excellent to have P&G on your resume.

Cons

Extremely hard to get hired as external candidate: it's a long shot. Most people don't know that the vast majority of P&G employees are hired straight out of school and many stay for their entire career, changing assignments about every 2 years. Coming in from the outside is very challenging: P&G has a very unique culture and way of doing things that really isn't covered during onboarding because it's assumed that everyone knows what it is. Extremely demanding work requirements: regularly expected to work nights and weekends, usually 55+ hours per week. Little feedback. Everyone is Type A, not in a good way. Expectation is that you transition to a new role every 2 years, including being open to relocation.

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

Many intelligent people who are experts in their fields who are willing to help and provide advice (if they have time). Decent benefits and pay.

Cons

I mentioned time because many people are stretched and overworked. Work life balance is pretty bad and shows no signs of improvement. A lot of this can be attributed to near useless management. Every project is treated as absolute maximum priority but can still be dropped at a moment's notice. Work processes are horribly cumbersome and slow. Even small changes require many approvals but there are endless demands to "move faster".

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