BIC Reviews

Former Employee – worked at BIC

Pros – The facility is well organized.

Cons – Less communication between supervisors and employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at BIC

Pros – Good pay, Plenty of ways to learn and better yourself, For the most part, good people, Decent location, Get good experience in the Consumer Products Industry

Cons – Not good advancement opportunities, Work load is not fairly balenced, Takes any product and slaps their name on it and sees if it sticks

Advice to Senior Management – Take a good look at all departments and assess their contribution. Some really contribute while others blow smoke and convince all it’s a beautiful cloud.

Current Employee – been working at BIC

Pros – Great people, great products, and great opportunity for advance.

Cons – Due to company growth it's a bit hectic and things move rapidly but I consider this a pro too.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the communication coming...

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at BIC

Pros – Good working environment
Good pay and benefits

Cons – Need to better connect regional employees to each other.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at BIC

Pros – There are some very good and smart people working at BIC. The new building is nice and they are willing to give you some flexibility and will allow occasional work from home.

Cons – Those smart people are excluded from any position of authority - though they are not excluded from the accountability.

Advice to Senior Management – Most of you should leave to make room for people with a clue. You have smart people working for you but most of your day seems to ben spent stifling them.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at BIC

Pros – Like to spend money on equipment rather than personal

Cons – HR is in-flexible and not willing to negotiate even though they know they are in the wrong.

Former Employee – worked at BIC full-time for less than a year

Pros – There is an opportunity to communicate with colleagues in the world and frequent trips around the world

Cons – Destructive team in the country and many are prohibited from doing reasonable things and professionally

Advice to Senior Management – No team work. Imitation compliance guidelines all know by heart, but in fact do not have this

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 BIC full-time for more than a year

Pros – You have contact to various managing levels in the company (even from an entry level, you have the opportunity to sit and talk to top management.

Cons – The company offers a low salary level.

Advice to Senior Management – Do not make promices that they can not keep, towards the employees.

Former Employee – worked at BIC full-time

Pros – Brand Name is still strong

Cons – Management is going in the wrong direction - they push employees out that built this company, and put faith in people that have no idea how to run this business. Sales have dropped year after year and they continue to make poor decision with customers and employees on how they can bring back the business.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to what your employees think - you have made continuous decsions that are the reason for the declining sales. I think the CEO needs to jump in and take notice as to what his executive managers are doing.

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 BIC full-time for more than a year

Pros – teamwork spirit , family feel, stable and prosperous business, oportunities to make carreer steps in different countries and positions, motivation from top management, great induction tools for new comers- you feel really welcomed and important contributor to the company regardless your position - everyone is willing to help you since you are considered part of the "family" and not just an employee

Cons – complexity of products and processes - minimum coaching - you need to always ask for feedback - as giving feedback is not in the company's DNA

Advice to Senior Management – simplify processes.since employess stay many many years in the company some time the culture needs to freshen up with different ways

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend