Not a good place to work. - Anonymous employee Coty Employee Review

2.0
17 May 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Coty spends a lot of money on impressive office building locations. - Many brands, therefore huge benefits at Staff Sales. - Some global leaders originally from the company that merged seem good and pretty inspiring but no such mentors in Australia office.

Cons

You will hear that Coty is a top 3 beauty company after the merger with P&G but the truth is, unfortunately, that this all wasn't planned well and Coty management have no idea what they are doing. -Unqualified managers were bumped up to higher positions for being in the right place at the right time with no concept and apparently no training on how to manage, train or treat and speak to their employees with respect. - No-one is happy or feels valued, junior staff remain due to the need for experience and doing time in their role and love the idea of being at a 'Beauty Company' but suppress their feelings of despair. - Head of marketing not competent in role and intentionally oblivious that they are the long-running source of many issues due to some kind of divine protection from CEO. - "Bully" hierarchical mentality from certain managers. - HR cruise around smiling but it's all smoke and mirrors as they don't seem to actually have best interest of staff in mind. Trying hard to appear more present now that complaints are spreading but no action. - interview process was unprofessional. Best to avoid this company if you are expecting to learn and grow. Too volatile since merger.

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Coty Response
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Thank you for your feedback. Although you have highlighted a few positive points, we are concerned about some of the areas to improve you are raising as this is clearly not the experience we want our employees to live. We want to remind that Coty takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and we have a hotline available for anyone that would like to bring their concerns to our attention (hotline.coty.com). The hotline enables a confidential and anonymous method for sharing information directly with our Compliance Officer. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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