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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (14,314 total reviews)
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      Jon R. Moeller

      84% approve of CEO

      65% positive business outlook

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      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Senior management

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      Procter & Gamble has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,314 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Procter & Gamble employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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      14K reviews
      3.0
      Nov 26, 2008

      Procter & Gamble

      Consumer market knowledge manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      There is Job stability, esp. in a tough economy (because consumers still need staple household goods). P&G provides a very thorough training program for all new hires and even more senior levels. The company also has a believe in continued information sharing through corporate networks to leverage cross-category learnings and drive scale.

      Cons

      While P&G is a great company, there is a lot of corporate bureacracy that drives slow decision making processes. There is a need to "rightsize" qualification plans to prevent late launch into market. Sometimes P&G is too focused on making all decisions based on consumer data and will not move forward unless all the t's are crossed. Additinoally, there appears to be unbalanced work/life balance between different functions & categories.

      2.0
      Oct 12, 2008

      More Cons than Pros in R&D

      R&d researcher
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Heavy emphasis on personal growth such as leadership skills, managing your career, and navigating through the company. The company itself is very reputable with well-known brands across the globe and a long history of success. Even if you decide not to stay, the fact that you've worked here is good experience to have on your resume. Non-R&D functions have great mobility and recognition. If you consider P&G as a non-Engineer, the commercial functions are by far more rewarding both professionally and personally.

      Cons

      Advancement is difficult if you come into R&D as a researcher. The ceiling for advancement is typically 2 levels up. Ironically, 2 levels up is exactly where B.S. Engineers come in as a starting level. A person coming into the company with a Masters in Science starts 2 levels BELOW a Bachelor's Engineer. A Ph.D. starts at the same level as a Bachelor's Engineer. Almost all R&D upper management has an engineering background and perpetuates the mentality of engineering equals superiority.

      3.0
      Sep 16, 2008

      Be the star of toilet paper technology.

      Research & development intern (engineering)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Nice to have on your CV that you worked for P&G R&D - it says that you are a very clever person. Infrastructure (IT, phones, offices, canteen, cars) are very well done, optimized for best performance. Salary in the upper third on the market, usually a bit higher than competitors. Good opportunities to work in foreign countries. Job rotation - you explore many things during your career. People are sympatric usually, like to support and connect. Generally cooperative environment (vs. the competitive environment of Nestlé or ReckittBenckiser for example). Huge organization: lot of knowledge, lot of resources. Marketing is doing a good job, so the business usually runs well. At an FMCG/Marketing based company, this is very important.

      Cons

      Self-selling is more important than actual performance. And as a marketing driven company, working in a factory is not very beneficial - I had many times the feeling that marketing does the nice bit, factory does the dirty bit. Well, these FMCG products (hygienic pad, toilet paper, cleaning tissue, paper handkerchief) are not NASA technology or Lamborghini engine development. Not very challenging, and not much reputation. So they make you believe that your work on something important, but let's be realistic, toilet paper is just toilet paper, independently of the colors of the flowers and the nice chamomile smell. So you might believe in the end that the center of the world is Cincinnati, OH, USA. Well, it is not. Very closed and internal company culture, they never take ideas or people from outside. Senior management has been working for P&G for all their life and has seen nothing else of the world. Very hard to get in, and as it is not a performance driven culture; the decision is more made on your personality style/sympathy, than on your actual results. You have to show that you are a superstar all the time. Kind of "brainwash" feeling after a couple 3 months. You spend all your working time and all your free time with P&G. Selling your soul describes well the situation. But many people want just that, a company that takes care of them. This company is just scary way too big.

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