Reckitt reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,295 total reviews)
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73% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Reckitt has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Reckitt 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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4K reviews
3.0
Aug 3, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Pockets of brilliance and high-achieving MBAs that are collaborative, supportive, and inspiring via their actions and thinking. Very tough to find yourself in the company of one of these teams as they are far and few, but if you do get matched up, count your stars. you are very fortunate!

Cons

1) homegrown Intl farm system for marketers at the undergrad level means Mgrs with no other real work experience aside from RB. This reinforces the antiquated culture and mentality that everyone else on glass door has mentioned and that RB has been trying to shed - bad attitudes, questionable work ethic, poor treatment of supporting functions and staff, very short term scope with all tactics (no strategy), no sense of how to motivate others or operate in humane civilized fashion, low standard of personal output, always passing the buck, etc. 2) MBA intern pools continue to suffer. Each year has gotten progressively worse, probably due to poor recruiting efforts at top schools, plus reputation being tainted and reinforced by bad eggs mentioned in point 1. Tenacity, initiative, EQ,charisma, creativity, aptitude, resourcefulness, all are lacking. Give us actual talent we can work with!

1.0
Jul 15, 2014

What a terrible place to work

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

salary is usually pretty good, depending on your department, good bonus plan. you can learn all you can absorb

Cons

Some really bad middle management. Currently 'cleaning house' and firing or making the environment so challenging they quit. warehouses have been trashed, with no leadership left in them. Plants are going their own way. Supply is a shambles thanks to crappy leadership. Corporately a 'dog eat dog' environment, with no clue about what happens outside of Parsippany. "A" is for arrogance. People are our strongest asset? Not at Reckitt. Hope no one calls the EPA, DEA, or FDA.

3.0
May 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You are given a high amount responsibility right from the start, esp. in regarding revenue tracking. Extremely steep learning curve, as you have to find your way in order to keep up. Great working atmosphere and flexibility in terms of working times and projects. You can absolutely live with an entrepreneurial spirit and bring the company forward with fresh ideas. Fantastic promotion opportunities and above average salaries.

Cons

The work life balance suffers quite a bit, as my position currently has to many tasks allocated to it. But this is a general problem at RB: You constantly have the impression that your project will just about work out, if you give 150% and spend many more hours in the office than stated in your contract. As I see it, the company has grown so fast that the structures could not keep up. Frankly there are just not enough employees and every single one has to compensate this deficit.

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