Procter & Gamble – “P&G a great foundation in life”

Pros

Training and development provided to grow you from entry level. P&G only hires at entry level and is very particular about hiring potential rather than expecting you to be able to do the job from day one. P&G invests a great amount of time and money in training its people both via coaching from direct managers as we lll as having a wealth of formal training. A second great reason to join P&G is if you like to travel the promote from within policy means that there are numerous job opportunities available internationally in the 140 odd countries that the company operates in.

Cons

You have to go through the system and work your way up meaning start young. If you are planning to work for P&G make sure that you are under 30. To grow a person from an assistant manager level to a general manger or Vice President could take up to 20 years a significant investment of time and effort. The culture at P&G is also very insular; P&G is a great company though there are many great things that the company does there tends to be a lot of internal backslapping and not a lot of credence is given to views from outside or credit for example if you decided to pursue further training whilst employed at the company.

Advice to Senior Management

There are other companies out there doing a great job P&G can learn from the outside world. The external landscape holds a wealth of learning whether via academia or directly from the corporate world or other organisations or even in the diversity of individuals who work with or are associated with the company.