Your Manager matters a lot - Anonymous employee Colgate-Palmolive Employee Review

3.0
29 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, stable company, if they downsize you they give you good severance packages.

Cons

The company overall is not bad, has great values, but it all depends on what kind of a manager you have. If you have a bad manager, none of those values matter because you are treated really bad and no one will do anything in the fear of retaliation. Most of the old leaders are gone, who used to care about their employees. Now at least 50% of the leaders only care about themselves and doesn't support their team. It's a shame..:-(

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
24 May 2026
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Pros

Good fringe benefits. Above average insurance.

Cons

Very toxic work environment. Company promotes work life balance however meetings are scheduled during lunch and at 5:00pm. People are made to stand in daily plant meetings, no chairs in the rooms. Particularly hard on shop floor staff who work 12hr shifts. I NEVER had time to take a lunch hour the entire time I worked there. Phone calls at home daily/nightly(middle of the night) and almost every day every weekend as OTLs are poorly trained. Company promotes inclusion however Americans are bullied particularly by hispanics within the company. Company touts multiculturalism but does no training on dealing with other cultures. Entire plant Planning staff turned over in less than 2 years. Very stressful work environment cause by high-school like drama by LT. Managers are routinely put in PEP for issues months after they occur. No support whatsoever from Planning manager, HR or Leadership Team. Training is ALL online, when asked LT for help with SAP questions...response was to GOOGLE it. Direct manager was initially a STA with major inflated sense of self. Final manager was novice at managing people and very childish. Again, very toxic work environment overall.

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