Procter & Gamble reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(14,297 total reviews)
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Jon R. Moeller

83% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Procter & Gamble has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,297 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
2.0
Apr 16, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Procter and Gamble is a large stable employer who does not lay people off or fire them (even if they're incompetent or lazy or both). They have some very well developed systems which are quite invovled to learn but give people good training in running a business. Very disciplined organization (bordering on the Gestapo). Seems to genuinly care about their people.

Cons

Very autocratic and bureaucratic envinronment. Politically is very hierarchical. Talking to anybody above your boss could be cause for career suicide. People work there their entire careers - so perspective of the outside is lacking. They not only don't embrace change - they recoil from it. Lack of any professional development. P&G does not encourge people to participate in professional organizations or professional development. This has led to loyal employees who are clueless to what's going on in the outside world and how to best adapt to it. Many employees view P&G as it's own little world from which they choose not to venture out of.

3.0
Dec 16, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

if you are young when entering the company and have a masters degree and live in Cinci it can be a good career. I am also very happy with my pay and really the advances I have made given my age which for P&G is old. I personally am happy with the benfits packages and the health care plan. Mine is much better than the majority of my friends and family in the workforce at comprable positions in their companies.

Cons

If you enter the company after the age of 40 there is very little advancement. Out in the field, and I did not put my state or city, it is a different picture. Especially if you entered the work force late in life or you are in a channel that is not well respected.In sales the biggest disconnect is the lack of "real life" experience of the leadership teams in the channel. Very few have real sales experience and consequently the same mistakes are repeated time and time again. That is the most frustrating aspect of employment with P&G. Management is so proctorized that they are unable or unwilling to listen to those under them about the "really reallys". Goals are always "stretch goals" because they are unrealistic. I realize every management team makes mistakes. But, as a stock holder it is appalling that management is unable to learn from past mistakes. That is because mistakes are never admitted or passed down for others to learn from and not repeat. I like celebrating accomplishments, but we also need to learn from the past not ignore it to our detriment. Geez look at what is happening with Pringles!!

4.0
Jun 15, 2024

Weird progression structure and low key retrenching

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits and flexibility Many soft and political skills to learn

Cons

Events budget are a joke. Many roles are being shifted out of SG office in multiple phases to save cost and avoid being flash on news There's associate and manager route both require degree and can join as fresh grad. Don't join as non managers aka BTA route. It will take you at least 5 to 10 yrs to be same level as fresh grad manager. You won't get variable bonus and to even be promoted to managers is like going for CEO interview even though you perform the same or better than those junior managers. Typical American companies tries too hard to empower women, E&I. It's good but it's also too much lol

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