Procter & Gamble reviews

Too structured at times and learning curve at times is not as steep as you would expect. 4 to 5 years is a good period to stay and learn but not become too rigid as some middle managers tend to be. Its an old boy clubs (especially the UK branch) hence promotion is very dependent on being liked by the right people. Luck is an important factor in getting promoted: if you have engaged with the right people at early stages (because your role lent itself to that) you will get promoted fast, otherwise it is very slow (regardless of your skill - it feels like you can just get lost in a job)

1) The compensation - is terrible. Sure it looks great at first glance, but when you look at the amount of workload, responsibility and expectation, we are extremely underpaid. 2) Meritocracy NOT - it's a wonderful marketing company, so good that some people spend most of their time marketing themselves very well and get ahead despite not delivering the business. Also, even though diversity is touted as an important factor, if you are a minority, you generally have it much harder trying to shine/get ahead. 3) Risk adverse / Slow to react - everything needs to be tried and tested and verified. Experimentation is the buzz word, sadly implementation is often not as budget gets cut and put on something that has shown to deliver results..instead of experimentation. Same for reacting to competition. By the time we decide what to do, it's already too late. And to thinking innovation/agility is a success driver.