Kimberly-Clark reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(3,033 total reviews)
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Michael D. Hsu

83% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Kimberly-Clark has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,033 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kimberly-Clark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Apr 4, 2020
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

They pay for training no matter where it is, so take advantage of that.

Cons

-Demeaning to the younger generation. They say the snowflake millennials don't know anything. -Your political standing is more important than your work ethic. -Management will lie to your face. -Out of the 500 employees I never once wanted to have a beer outside of work with any of them. - They had zero team building activities. Management said "we don't need that here" and not to push for it. - Zero compensation for long hours on capital projects. 12 hour shifts 6 days a week. -DO NOT BE FOOLED, when they say OPPORTUNITY it really means massive problem. - Raises and recognition are very politically insinuated -Favoritism runs rampant -Not once did I feel empowered, motivated, or appreciated. I did not ever recieve respect from any manager. -Chalk this one up as "I will never do that again"

2.0
Jan 11, 2019

Leadership out of touch

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

-Flexible work arrangements are great (home and office) -Education/class opportunities great -Benefits -Opportunities to grow within are available, however this is also a con because I've seen an equal number of externals hired over internal candidates with no priority given, despite the always-superficial leadership standard responses to this issue. -Many more I'm likely blanking out on; this certainly isn't the worst company to work for.

Cons

-Leadership extremely out of touch with what it's actually like at the business/lower levels. "K-C values" and behaviors not consistent throughout company. Listened to too many leadership talks while going through contradictory initiatives of the absolute farthest-away degree. This obviously instills a distrust in leadership and lacking transparency. -Culture change over the most recent 5-10 years from value to cost and quantity (extreme outsourcing, cutting corners, the thinking desktop procedures alone are superior to or can replace job-knowledge, etc.). -Never feel comfortable due to never knowing how safe any job is at any time. Major employee reductions every so many years imminent. I've watched some of the sharpest, most talented be eliminated or outsourced and the knowledge built go out the door with them. Want to guess how broken current processes become when turnover is increased/ongoing? -Degrees required for jobs that don't remotely match the required education level, excluding and preventing opportunities for competent candidates in an already-worsening market. -Brutal interview process -Distrust → discomfort among employees due to incompetency supported vs. held accountable (ex: when bad mgmt is in position). Accountability only flows one direction. -Solid good or great is still never good enough. Again, with the constant restructuring and degree of expectations, in the end it doesn't matter how good you are at your job vs others.

1.0
Dec 24, 2016

Worst Employer Ever

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the people that work here are very talented and friendly. Benefits are basic. Work/life balance is good.

Cons

HR is inept and a moral destroyer. Example: you are not allowed to personalize your office area even with a family photo. They actively look to create problems and drama including firing and interrogating people on hear say. If you have a question regarding your 401k, Health Insurance, etc., the office HR can't/won't help you. They will give you a list of numbers to reach the outsourced HR companies and get back to you in a few business days and sometimes, not at all. They are the most useless department in the plant and company. Certain groups are catered to. Pay is lower than industry standard.

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