Looking for work - Senior Research Scientist Kimberly-Clark Employee Review

2.0
Jun 19, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation and you want to work where you can hunt and fish.

Cons

Unfair evaluation system - Started out putting people in a bell shaped curve for performance. That was OK. Then got rid of the bottom - OK and redistributed the "keepers" who are a truncated distribution of performance levels into a forced bell shaped curve. That meant if you looked crosseyed at someone you were lowered in the next review because what else did they have to go on - "somebody has to be a three". Managers cannot manage people. Middle managers were promoted based on their ability to do the work rather than manage the work. As a result managers are very bad at evaluating people fairly and distributing the work to those who have the ability to do it. Bias for lauches not development

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Work life balance is very good. Opportunity to engage with senior leadership in interesting projects. The collaboration and camaraderie is top tier! The investment into employees is amazing.

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Kimberly-Clark Response
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Thank you for sharing your valuable feedback. We’re so glad that you’re enjoying the work-life balance while working here. We understand that working from home has its cons, but we encourage you to make use of virtual engagement sessions with your team to stay connected. Good luck!
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Great growth opportunities. Best people to work with.

Cons

Transparency is lacking in leadership

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Kimberly-Clark Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience working at Kimberly-Clark. We’re glad to hear that you’re enjoying working with our teams and experiencing growth and development here. We’re committed to providing a great experience for our employees. Thank you for recommending Kimberly-Clark.
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