L'Oréal USA Reviews

Pros

Great benefits package, work out of house, fellow employees are very helpful. Some managers are better than others.

Cons

Lack of communication. Hard to move up, because no one leaves.

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication.

Pros

dynamic and challenging
no shortage of challenging and interesting projects

Cons

Blame culture
No worklife balance
Micro management
inconsistnet decisions
constant changes in direction
many many divas!

Advice to Senior Management

listen more, show more respect quickly!

Pros

Talented people, challenging projects and work, good opportunities for advancement (very quickly) and great benefits. This is one of the few companies I have worked for that is focused on career development at all levels.

Cons

No work life balance and little support to accomplish a tremendous amount of work. It's difficult to fill junior level positions and retain talent. There is also a lot of nepotism in the company and the "french connection" where french employees are given better perks, benefits and opportunities than their american counterparts.

The biggest issue is the one year non-compete. The company cannot retain people because of the hours and work environment Their latest solution to employee turnover is to force everyone to sign a 1 year non compete. If you don't sign, the company terminates you. Going forward, ANY EMPLOYEE AT ANY LEVEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIGN to join the organization.

The morale is so low as a result, I am concerned about the future of the organization. People feel like indentured servants because no one will even interview them with a 1 year non compete. It's really sad. I used to love this company.

Advice to Senior Management

I think he is out of touch with the employees and demonstrates no interest in the talented people in his organization. His lack of ability to understand what motivates people (or lack of caring) is leading the company into dangerous territory.

Pros

Best benefits in the industry. Great opportunities for career growth. Learning the rules of the game from numerous brands. Ability to learn about many different divisions

Cons

highly political. ridiculously high turnover rate. continuing trend to fire and rehire as a consultant

Advice to Senior Management

eliminating head count to look better on paper will inevitably deteriorate the company. we need real jobs where people will be happy to have a group effort internaly

Pros

Great Brand and co-workers. Met some great accounts and people.

Cons

If you like to work around a bunch of Diva's who are chasing power then this is the place for you. Work life balance is a joke, you work around the clock. Promotions are based on who you know and who likes you. Management is only interested in the monthly sales number in order to make plan.

Advice to Senior Management

Does not matter they will never change.

Pros

Benefits are good. Co-workers are smart.

Cons

Senior management is trying too hard to control ALL aspects of business and hence taking all authority away from employees that are in positions where they should be able to make decisions. And to top it all off, Senior management is now forcing all Director and above to sign new longer term non-compete agreements. Essentially forcing people to stay at a company even long after they should have made a move for their own benefit and for the company's.

Advice to Senior Management

Back off, give the people you've hired and cultivated more power to influence the business they are responsible for---. Don't lead with a dictatorship-type style. This is not the same company that everyone enjoyed working for 3+ years ago.

Pros

good benifits,very safe place to work

Cons

management changes every 6-12 months.
to many temporary workers .

Advice to Senior Management

hire someone with knowledge , 5 years experience or more, not some KIDS fresh out of collage, they are so gullable and have no people skills.

Pros

The L'Oreal name is well known. Work for the largest cosmetic company in the world

Cons

Constantly changing and inconsistent policies. Its a blame culture. More important to blame someone then fix the problem. Stressful and not supportive or nurturing. Older experience people have been forced out and replaced with 20 somethings.

Advice to Senior Management

Not worthwhile advising, management doesn't want to hear it. Direction comes from Paris.

Pros

employees were treated fairly, with flexibility in work schedules. raises wwre fair based on merit. promotions were based on who you know

Cons

entire sales force was laid off for reasons not related to performance, but for upper management to look good on paper

Pros

Great benefit package and bonuses

Cons

This job has been outsourced to companies who only staff part- time

Advice to Senior Management

Outsourcing will not produce the excellent results previously delivered by a loyal, happy workforce