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www.thecloroxcompany.com Oakland, CA 5000+ Employees
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Updated May 17, 2013
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3.4 125 reviews

                             

89% Approve of the CEO

Clorox Chairman and CEO Don Knauss

Don Knauss

(99 ratings)

73% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Oakland, CA

Former Employee – worked at Clorox as a contractor for more than a year

ProsGreat opportunities only wish shared services didn't get in the way

ConsShared services like with any company will impact you here

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Current Employee – been working at Clorox

Pros- Business discipline
- Compensation rewards tenure + achievement
- Smart, drive workforce

Cons- Extremely process oriented
- Rarely a leader in the industry (fast follower)
- Slow career progression/promotion

Advice to Senior Management- Take a few big bets on big ideas that drive employee and external excitement
- Leverage Don Knauss as much as possible (he's a great spokesperson for the company)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Current Employee – been working at Clorox

ProsPeople, opportunities, flexibility, access to senior management

Constechnology is still behind, corporate training and development needs improvement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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

ProsClorox hires the best of talent, so when you come to work, you are working with the best of the best. People work together to form strong teams and company growth. It is a reliable company that has strong intentions of supporting their employees and name sake brands.

ConsVery lean company, moving forward if you are in the field is limited. Company tends to make promises on promotion/timelines and doesn't follow through.

Advice to Senior ManagementMove high talent people forward vs. who is the most convenient person. Clorox continues to loose top talent due to limitations set with relocation and promotion of convenience. It is disheartening and hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when Field sales continue to be over looked for promotions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at Clorox

ProsAmazing place to work - can move faster, but definitely a spirit of working together to win. The company is very well run, and Brand is seen as a lead function

ConsSometimes too slow to innovate.

Advice to Senior ManagementConfigure and look outside the organization to ensure you are valuing your future leaders appropriately.

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Minneapolis, MN

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

ProsGood Pay, People, Brands, Consumer Insights

ConsMatrix environment leads to inaction
Reliance on taking cost as a growth lever

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Oakland, CA

Former Employee – worked at Clorox full-time for more than a year

Pros- Strong work life balance, and not in a pretend way, but in the fact that most ppl work 9-5
- Very collaborative, people will help you and training is readily available
- Pretty scrappy for a CPG company
- Ppl care about your feelings and you are not penalized for being transparent about not liking something

Cons- No perks like other companies in the bay, no cafe, no gym, no dry cleaning. It really is an office building, in the middle of downtown Oakland, from the 70s
- Not a market leader in any sense of the word
- It is very clear who is a favorite. This can be seen as a good/bad thing. Ppl are very transparent here.
- Comp is very poor compared to tech companies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Oakland, CA

Current Employee – been working at Clorox full-time for more than 8 years

ProsVery defined corporate ladder.
Semi Regular advancement.
Role changes annually or Semi-annually

ConsMeager vacation time (11 days per year for the first five years)
Location (Oakland is sketchy, and Pleasanton is far from the Bay Area Action)

Advice to Senior ManagementIncrease vacation time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Oakland, CA

Former Employee – worked at Clorox full-time for more than 8 years

Pros1/2 day summer fridays
Free product
Fun to work on new products
Volunteer friendly
Pension
Stock options with good performance

ConsMostly white male upper management
Of the female management can be non-collaborative, non-supportive of other females
Mentorship rare
Downtown Oakland can be unsafe

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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Former Employee – worked at Clorox full-time

ProsGood training, great people, decent work/life. Opportunities for advancement up to a certain level. People are for the most part all smart and highly efficient. If you don't fit the mold, you are kicked out pretty fast.

ConsTons of processes - this can mean tedious work and longer periods of time for all projects to run their course. Marketing is strong, but this means they automatically get the tallest seat of the table and run the show. Can make other departments feel less valued or insignificant.

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