Procter & Gamble reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(14,345 total reviews)
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Jon R. Moeller

83% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Procter & Gamble has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 14,345 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Procter & Gamble 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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3.0
Aug 1, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

P&G's set of Values is deeply rooted in the company's culture: an employee will never be asked to perform an action that is unethical. The working environment is very active with any average employee handling a multiplicity of projects and priorities, therefore allowing the learning of priority setting. Working environment is OK: company principles operate at all levels and enable most organizations to collaborate effectively. Most decisions are preferably taken based on data, rather than personal opinions. Assignment changes are encouraged, except when they involve relocation. Salary raises occur in a more-or-less scheduled basis; therefore, salary raise requests are unheard.

Cons

Relocations are banned at non-management levels, which greatly affects possibilities for career growth. This is because certain work functions only exist in particular locations. In particular, the R&D career system is twisted to favor a group of employees over other, normally based in an academic background, leading to weird boss/employee relationships (a little-experienced employee can manage one or several experienced people). P&G claims to pay salaries according to local benchmarks, but this is done regardless of whether those benchmarks also offer fair salaries to employees or not, which lead to P&G paying salaries that may not allow employees to afford a reasonable, or even basic, standard or living. Business decisions are often very bureaucratic, leading to project delays which are then expected to be offset by employees.

2.0
Apr 16, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Procter and Gamble is a large stable employer who does not lay people off or fire them (even if they're incompetent or lazy or both). They have some very well developed systems which are quite invovled to learn but give people good training in running a business. Very disciplined organization (bordering on the Gestapo). Seems to genuinly care about their people.

Cons

Very autocratic and bureaucratic envinronment. Politically is very hierarchical. Talking to anybody above your boss could be cause for career suicide. People work there their entire careers - so perspective of the outside is lacking. They not only don't embrace change - they recoil from it. Lack of any professional development. P&G does not encourge people to participate in professional organizations or professional development. This has led to loyal employees who are clueless to what's going on in the outside world and how to best adapt to it. Many employees view P&G as it's own little world from which they choose not to venture out of.

3.0
Dec 16, 2008
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

if you are young when entering the company and have a masters degree and live in Cinci it can be a good career. I am also very happy with my pay and really the advances I have made given my age which for P&G is old. I personally am happy with the benfits packages and the health care plan. Mine is much better than the majority of my friends and family in the workforce at comprable positions in their companies.

Cons

If you enter the company after the age of 40 there is very little advancement. Out in the field, and I did not put my state or city, it is a different picture. Especially if you entered the work force late in life or you are in a channel that is not well respected.In sales the biggest disconnect is the lack of "real life" experience of the leadership teams in the channel. Very few have real sales experience and consequently the same mistakes are repeated time and time again. That is the most frustrating aspect of employment with P&G. Management is so proctorized that they are unable or unwilling to listen to those under them about the "really reallys". Goals are always "stretch goals" because they are unrealistic. I realize every management team makes mistakes. But, as a stock holder it is appalling that management is unable to learn from past mistakes. That is because mistakes are never admitted or passed down for others to learn from and not repeat. I like celebrating accomplishments, but we also need to learn from the past not ignore it to our detriment. Geez look at what is happening with Pringles!!

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