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Tom Falk
Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Great people, great pay, great benefits not just traditional ones either (example summer hours and flex work). Management seems to have an ear open and has been making great progress in improving the work-life balance.
Cons – Sometimes can be restricive on things you need to get the job done.
Advice to Senior Management – Help empower the employees to be able to make decision and to have the tools at their disposal to do their job.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-05-03 10:23 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Culture, Leadership and career opportunities
Cons – The Salaries doesn't match the market.
Advice to Senior Management – Need to launch new businesses to compensate the decay of core businesses
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-23 16:46 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Multinational company that gives a lot learning
Cons – The decision making and change is slow
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-05 04:53 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark part-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Good Wages
Fulfilling work
Many chances for learning
Cons – No benefits
No Job Security
Advice to Senior Management – Consider Hiring quality Intermittent
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-29 07:33 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – Decent salary, lots of projects going on, benefits are good, coworkers help make it feel like a family environment.
Cons – Not very clear on how to get raises and promotions, can get easily pigeonholed into a position. Management tends to tell you one thing in private, then acts a different way in public. Had many experiences with people going directly to senior leadership to get what they wanted done without ever asking their direct supervisor.
Advice to Senior Management – Help work with the people on career development and advancement.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-13 07:26 PDT
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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
2013-05-02 13:47 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – If you like a 9 to 5 position, this is nice. The company also offers summer hours. The job is not physically demanding, nor intellectually demanding, the tasks are pretty routine. Allows you to work on your patience (a great virtue) when dealing with consumers who contact you about trivial things.
Cons – Too mundane, at least for me. Doesn't leave room for creativity. If you have a complaint about your position or you want something to change, you may not be successfull. Everything is standardized. No room for creativity.
Advice to Senior Management – Provide more autonomy to the phone agents
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-01 10:23 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 10 years
Pros – The compensation and benefits package is good. There is good opportunity to learn new skills as there is always some change taking place.
Cons – Management does not put enough stock in feedback from the front-lines. Upper levels seem to be more concerned with public perception than creating meaningful solutions with internal process improvements.
Advice to Senior Management – Stop worrying about what "The Street" thinks and do what is right by your employees and customers. "The Street" will eventually come around.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-03-29 14:21 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Challenging environment - great place to work - pays well
Cons – In some areas, risk taking is not encouraged
Not a global company yet, too many silos still
Advice to Senior Management – Get out of headquarters more and visit the regional offices more
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-20 18:05 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Kimberly-Clark full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Fantastic assembly of people, some of the most iconic brands in the world and, depending on what brand you work for, the ability to independently manage a large swath of the business
Cons – Location relative to other CPG companies is not optimal and for 2-3 brands the amount of layered over-staffing can be stifling.
Advice to Senior Management – Less interference is better, however I've never worked at a company whose people, from the CEO to the Admin, had as much passion for what they do and so much personality doing it
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-02-22 04:11 PST
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