Kimberly-Clark Reviews

Pros

Great benefits, job perks, year end bonuses, annual sales award trips.

Cons

Very challenging to balance work and life as outside sales rep, grow new sales in inherently low performing territories, and break into "boys club" as a female.

Pros

Good pay and good benefits with a strong sense of community.

Cons

Closing our local mill due to a poor business decision made by the leadership.

Advice to Senior Management

allow fair competition buy selling mill to a possible competitor instead of destroying the site.

Pros

Salary is usually pretty decent and competitive in the market place.
Benefits are really good.
Stable work environment with good work/life balance.

Cons

This company is very marketing centric - too much so, actually, to the point of being bloated.
Too many meetings. Lots of planners - not a lot of doers.
Company makes bad decisions in regards to outsourcing certain projects.
Some policies are too rigid.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't be afraid to utilize your internal talent for outsourced projects.
More focus on building talent needed.
Current review process is a waste of time and resources.

Pros

work life balance is mostly good

Cons

lack of innovation beyond tissue based products

Advice to Senior Management

take a risk and go beyond tissue

Pros

Great coworkers
Intellectually stimulating projects
Lots of varied expertise
Great mentoring
Good money
Fair management, willing to discuss things

Cons

Hard to innovate...people work for the sake of having a job...starting to change, though (for the better)
Loss of company prestige and values to save money
Not confident in senior management...focused on numbers, not quality of products/marketing
Easy to get lost in a large company
Below average/mediocre performers sometimes

Advice to Senior Management

Be willing to take more risks. Focus LESS on money, and more on making quality products, innovation, and strong marketing. Expand and deepen product lines. Continue getting K-C back to the prestige it once had!

Pros

K-C does a wonderful job of attracting great talents. It's a place where you can meet a lot of great people who genuinely care about you as a person.
The company gives one a lot of responsibility and opportunity to great professionally early in career.

Cons

Career options and advancements slows down when you pass the 10 year mark. It has a lot to do with the mature nature of the business and slow growth.
There are a few management favorates who get promoted all the time even if they are not ready nor capable. The management has special agenda when it comes to promotion: females have a definte edge.
One seldom gets approval from upper management for a job well done.

Pros

The people are great. The products are awesome. The values of the company are in line with my personal values.

Cons

Limited growth in new products. Highly exposed to commodity prices of pulp and polymer. Expansion in other regions difficult to realize.

Pros

pay is good, friendly people

Cons

everyone has been there for a long time

Advice to Senior Management

communicate changes better

Pros

Good health benefits
Community involvement

Cons

Hand picked job promotions
Lack of communication
Treated like child instead of an adult
Lack of qualified managers
Managers denial their is favoritism

Advice to Senior Management

Provide managers with skills they need to be successful.
Less meetings
Eliminate the duplicating of documenting your daily work.

Pros

Big company offers opportunities for varied experience within the company.
Decent compensation.
Generally nice work facilities

Cons

Corporation is running on inertia. No real clear direction for growth.
Years of downsizing have resulted in loss of internal experience and expertise.

Advice to Senior Management

Businesses need to get focused on a direction or objective in order to get everyone working together.