L'Oréal Reviews

I worked at L'Oréal full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Top tier marketing talent and big budgets within beauty industry; exposure to global product development and business strategy; robust employee training programs; free product

Cons – long hours, high-stress environment; can be difficult to move up if you are not French or have not worked in France

Advice to Senior Management – Better work/life balance; Allow for more flexibility in allowing employees to move between divisions

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

I worked at L'Oréal full-time for more than a year

Pros – Job was easy, not difficult
Long hours

Cons – Cheap company, poor training
Didn't have good bonus incentives

I worked at L'Oréal full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Benefits, Secure company, Decent Salaray, Some good people

Cons – Very Long Hours, Little Appreciation, Little Senior Management Recognition

Advice to Senior Management – Treat both mid level and jr employees better

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at L'Oréal full-time for more than a year

Pros – it is a generous employer and they give you every benefit under the sun.
the work is interesting as are the products and the people are brilliant.
the brands are amazing and the development pipeline impressive. you get to work with many people cross functionally and there is a lot of room to move around l'oreal if you are good and you start there young.

Cons – it is a very demanding work load. the systems are overwhelming. it's very political. it's not always a meritocracy but a lot how well connected you are. being french is a big help. there are endless meetings and updates for french management that arrives almost monthly and that adds more work to an already demanding load. simple things are made difficult and sometimes you are made to strategize 50 programs for a brand and only 4 or 5 get done due to timing and costs. there are a lot of long and very arduous meetings and too many emails with entire departments cc'ed that may not be relevant to your daily work and this is even more time consuming.

Advice to Senior Management – turnover should be looked at. sometimes entire departments turn over and no one looks at the head of the brand or at the leadership. promotions are not always given to the hardest worker or the most talented person but to favorites. management should be aware that after working a 9 to 8pm day, people are home are still at work late into the night and when you wake up --- you are inundated with another 100 emails.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at L'Oréal full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Fantastic people & products
Really can rotate functionally which is very rare in corporate America
Best benefits anywhere
Highly compensated - especially upper levels
Sense of purpose, belief in the company, pride when telling people it's L'Oreal

Cons – Inefficient in a lot of aspects - still lots of room to make things work faster and smoother
IT is nowhere close to cutting edge
More work than there are people

Advice to Senior Management – People development needs to be part of the culture...saying we are doing it and doing it are two different things; better work-life balance could really help retain great talent...there's nothing wrong with working remotely or from home if the work force is working,

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

I have been working at L'Oréal

Pros – Product line full of good products
Well Known Name

Cons – Unsupportive Account Executives that will take credit for your hard work, or blame you if things go wrong.
Lack of training for new hires

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at L'Oréal

Pros – Opportunity to work with a lot of different product

Cons – No respect if you're not French
Glass ceilings exist
Absurd management is tolerated

Advice to Senior Management – Respect all employee regardless if you are French or not

I have been working at L'Oréal

Pros – Friendly atmosphere in the office
Berkeley heights office is pretty new and very spacious
Great perks for full time employees, especially in the corporate store
Shuttle provided to NY office
Summer hours and casual fridays

Cons – Office is in remote location in mid jersey
Traffic to office is sometimes heavy
Train station is not close to office
Departments tend to socialize within

Advice to Senior Management – Management works very well with employees, since there are not too many levels of delegation witching the company. Employee's are trusted to succeed in projects and are not micro-managed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at L'Oréal

Pros – L'oreal is a well respected global company with many brands. It is great to have in your resume. If you want to learn marketing this is the company for you.

Cons – Finance operates like a boys club. Innovation and dissent are not valued. There is a complete lack of communication and planning that leads to unnecessary hectic deadlines. Analysts do the bulk of the work and some upper management - mostly those that have been there for eons- act like cogs in the machine. Because we are a marketing based company finance has little influencing power and often have to sign off on launches and promotions that we know will fail.

Advice to Senior Management – Make finance an equal partner in the company's decision making. Ensure that upper management is pulling their weight.

I worked at L'Oréal

Pros – Scientifically based skincare products
Perks such as a 401k, 3 weeks vacation time, vested after 5 years
Highly skilled and intelligent sales team

Cons – Work life balance is crazy little downtime for yourself
Too many products that can be confusing to sell to end user

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to what you AE's need to balance their work week. Less admin and time out of the field dealing with forecasting, on SFDC