Kimberly-Clark Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good pay,benefits,and double time sundays

Cons – way too much overtime in the summer can not enjoy summer because you ar always woking at least five twelve hour shifts with only 24 hours off usually.

Advice to Senior Management – upper management needs to communicate better with employees and stop making rules and changes without telling the employees in advance. and fire tom falk and get a CEO that wont drive the company into the ground.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – -Great coworkers
-Great location for Metro Atlanta area
-Beautiful corporate campus
-Great health center/exercise facility and wellness programs
-Decent benefits; medical/dental/profit sharing

Cons – -Management driven by Street results...regardless of internal "cost"
-Respect for employees/indviduals marginal at best
-Old boy network; promotion based on who you know/currying favor
-Limited recognition of individual contribution
-Old forced ranking system was deadly; new system is inexplicable
-Average pay now limited by "Market Based Compensation" measures
-Internal employee motivation programs based on ludicrous consultant recommendations
-Unresolved struggle between old school and new school management philosophies @ top
-Lean and mean has become corporate anorexia; too many tasks, too few people
-Top management completely out of touch with day-to-day employee issues, needs and activities
-Ridiculous internal computer/data systems for day-to-day operation with no training; systems change with no announcement, leaving non-IT employees to "work it out on the ground"
-Team leaders/directors have their eyes pointed upwards; very limited contact/direction for their teams

Advice to Senior Management – Looking down the barrel of a 30+ year career, I've seen good and bad from KC. Right now, it's mostly bad.

The company just reissued an engagenement survey...the same as done 2-3 years ago. The results then were pretty abysmal, but none of that feedback got management action. No doubt, this survey will yield the same results. I'm sure it's a warm feeling in the pants of top management, but when will management really listen? All those employees can't be completely wrong.

Get back in touch. Mill workers feel management is out of touch. Professionals think they're out of touch. Go spend some time on the shop floor...in the marketing and sales offices. See what the real issues are...and meditate on what you fine before making your next cost-cutting decision.

Pick a direction and a corporate mission that's real and home-grown. The consultants are sucking money out of you. You know he business, the assets and capabilities. Whatever you decide, resouce it and stick with it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The people are great. At least the few who haven't left. Tons of talent has been driven out or has left the company.

Senior Executives are getting incredibly rich.

New Vice Presidents, almost all external hires, pop up almost daily.

Cons – Wave after wave of layoffs and recent mill closings have resulted in a disenchanted work force in many areas.

Cost cutting is now cutting to the bone. Fat was cut away many years ago.

If you aren't in health care expect ongoing budget cuts to continue. This leadership has no idea how to spend profits to grow the company. Bring your own water - nothing is free.

Layers of management coupled with political correctness gone wild make many groups unbearable to work for.

Performance Management. If you are with KC you know what I'm talking about. This system is a cancer to the company and has sucked the life out of many great workers.

Advice to Senior Management – Senior management has an agenda to make themselves rich and they are executing it at the expense of their "family" of employees.

Do families, like Senior Management regularly pretends we are, really cut off hard working sons and daughters when the financials get tough? "Son, we have lots of money but I need to please the market so I'm going to have to sell you off".

At KC you are not family - you are a headcount and will be cut when needed. Advice: don't blow smoke up you know where. Tell people the truth. Its all about the money - there is no concern for individuals. Simple honesty would be refreshing.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some like minded people will gel together, suffer together. Lot of exposure.

Cons – I worked in other large organizations before, never have I seen a more conservative company. Culture is pre 1960's. Undisclosed code of Jewish/Minority hatred. The diversity program is a hack. If you are a person of color, black, brown, yellow or any shade in between, save your career and stay away. There is a reason why there are so many discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuits against this company. The folks who are promoted are mere puppets. Incompetence is constantly rewarded and applauded. If you are a smart and hardworking white guy/gal, be prepared to head out, because you are a threat to the establishment. They will find a way to push you out. If you are Jewish, good luck. Be prepared for some isolation. There is no scale to measure the antisemitic index. Simply put discriminatory environment and racist management. Do not fall for some of the glowing and positive reviews on Glassdoor. Most likely they are paid temps, just loading up on positive ratings so as to keep the average above 3. Yeah, they have done that too. Mckinsey consultants now hold key positions within the company and will most likely split it up and sell it in pieces. So, no future prospects what so ever. Stay away.

Advice to Senior Management – You can't fix stupid. So, no point in giving any advice.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people to work with and learn from. place offered a variety of challenges to keep a pulp and paper mill running.

Cons – managers were some of the worst. no real experience in making paper or maintaining a mill. just a bunch of kids out of college trying to get a big company name on there resume. Lots of confusion with in the management structure and high turn over. When they closed the mill upper management lied to its employees and said they were 2years out from closing. turn out to be 12 months or less for sum

Advice to Senior Management – cant give any to them.. they already know it all.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – OK pay... and that's it

Cons – Where do I start.. When hiring you for this temporary customer service position they tell you it will be at least a year with a GREAT chance of being hired on directly. While there, numerous employees were being cut every day, after only being there for a few months, for no reason at all except "it's for the good of the company". The management does not take the time to get to know you. They will cut you in a second without thinking about it, and without care of your current situation. They're shifty, dishonest, and indirect. They'll never let you know what's going on with your own job. If you ask questions they'll cut you. You leave work every day not knowing if you'll have a job the next day. Would not recommend!

Advice to Senior Management – Be honest, and start actually caring about your temporary employees! They're people too, who need jobs and rely on this one for at least a year! Just because they are temporary, stop treating them like dirt. Follow through with what you tell them during the hiring process. Make them feel welcome, and like they actually matter! Making your employees wonder every day when they'll be the ones cut, is not a way to run a successful business!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good pay when you consider the cost of living for the area.
Nostalgia because this corporate environment is out of 1982.

Cons – The company makes decisions at a glacial pace.
"Engagement" programs and LEAN are buzzwords not reality
All roads lead to Neenah.
 Expect another round of layoffs when the 2015 goals are missed

Advice to Senior Management – Most KC management is from the old guard, it really is still a good old boys club things are earned with years of service not skills or merit. Give answers not lip service, if you're going to just dodge questions why bother taking them?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – At the time of my employment, the organization provided competitive compensation, however, it is my understanding they have gone through a salary restructuring.

Cons – Again, limited growth opportunities; lack of leadership training; significant development opportunities in the area of building morale

Advice to Senior Management – I would suggest a focus on developing ALL employees, not just certain groups. I would also encourage them to refrain from playing the "blame game". At the end of the day, the organization is a team; employees are not pawns. Focus on getting the job down vs. pointing fingers when a plan fails.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than a year

Pros – This company provides you with a lot of flexibility. I am able to work part time and work from home whenever I need to. The Flexibility Program makes this possible. Working with phenomenal people on some of the toughest and most interesting business problems in the world. You are constantly being pushed to improve and expand your skills and somehow finding room for a lot of fun of your co-workers.

Cons – It has become a big company in a relatively short time. Fast-paced job can lead to a fast-paced lifestyle, you need to be pretty flexible with outside commitments and be ready for wahtever your client/project team needs.

Advice to Senior Management – None

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – People are friendly
Company car
I think they are generally trying to change the culture for the better (but they are missing the mark most of the time)
Great wins in innovation

Cons – High turnover of minorities and women (and they admit they need to improve the situation)
No leadership, just task managers
Old-school good ol' boy mentality
Pay is low
Dying brands that lack brand support (Kotex)
Last to implement trends (digital marketing, etc.)
Afraid of change
Poor decision making
Tom Falk is less than inspiring

Advice to Senior Management – It's sad that a company known for successfully marketing the first feminine product is also known for being one of the worst workplaces for women. Women and/or minorities are the last to get ahead at the company (and this is freely admitted as a major turnover issue at EVERY major sales meeting & national meeting).

If you want to real change at your company, you need to go beyond creating a culture of "accountability" and focus on leadership training, and improving morale. To ensure all employees have an equal opportunity to promote throughout the company, assess talent with a more structured and objective methodology such as intuiting an assessment board/team for assessing talent and promotions. Fire the CEO, add more women and minorities to leadership positions, and implement a new culture, not just that of 'accountability', but that of leadership and real change that is inspiring. Be quicker to adopt the latest industry trends, and re-structure to ensure decisions are made in a more streamlined manner.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company