Neutrogena Reviews

I have been working at Neutrogena as an intern for less than a year

Pros – As a co-op you are given a fair amount of responsibility, which is rare with such a title. You are given a great opportunity and potential to grow as a professional, and the free product you receive doesn't hurt either.

Cons – There is little to no training on daily tasks. When coming into the company, it can make onboarding a difficult experience as you trial-and-error your way through your job tasks and responsibilities.

Advice to Senior Management – Co-ops should be trained in their departments during the first few weeks of employment

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Neutrogena for more than 3 years

Pros – Co workers are nice, and everyone is in the same sinking boat.

Discount on products.

Cons – No structure. People do what they want,no repercussions for bad behavior or recognition for going above and beyond.

No encouragement for growth. Actual quote from supervisor was "this is not JnJ university"

Temp employees get treated like second class citizens.
(not invited to meetings/separate lines at events/ even raffle tickets are different)
Why train someone (SOP/methods/etc) and not convert to permanent postions.
Productivity of temps dies out near end of contract.

No harmony or communication between planning procurement or QA only when something gets pushed up to priority status.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Neutrogena as an intern

Pros – Half day Fridays in the supply chain department with a pretty relaxed atmosphere

Cons – Being underpaid is a theme across the board. They also eliminate positions so employees who are doing a satisfactory job may still be fired.

I worked at Neutrogena full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Campus is near airport, which is nice if you have to travel.

Cons – Temp employees are treated like 2nd class citizens

Advice to Senior Management – Hire those who have temped for over 6 months to permanent positions. If you want the temps to be on board with strategic and tactical thinking.. you need to make them part of the team. Treat temps with the utmost respect and pay better. Temp = no benefits so you should compensate accordingly.

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

I worked at Neutrogena full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Smart and collaboration employees. A great line of storied products and a constant stream of innovative ones that disrupt the marketplace in a good way.

Cons – The organization is challenged in terms of meeting the parent company J&J's aggressive financial and regulatory objectives. The net result is a combative environment, lack of trust in certain instances, and less than objective assessment of employee performance in some instances.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on employee development and prioritizing a deep dive of organization versus individual performance.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Neutrogena as a contractor for more than 3 years

Pros – Fun environment , good people, great products

Cons – No full-time job opportunities for admins

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Neutrogena full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Benefits, such as 100% tuition reimbursement
Job opportunities

Cons – Unfair Management
under pay
Double standard culture
Discrimination
Greed

Advice to Senior Management – Recognize talent and support it! Don't be selfish!

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

I have been working at Neutrogena full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – -Some of the people; ie: contractors, floor, manufacturing, warehouse, engineers, scientists, techs, pretty much anyone but upper management.
-Work is simple, easy
-Products are pretty decent

Cons – -work on a project for 6 months, they cancel the project or give it to someone else
-multiple unaware managers leading projects making poor decisions
-lack of utilization of talent
-lack of organization
-too many revisions and paperwork signatures

Advice to Senior Management – fire youreself to save the company. because this cookie is crumbling

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

I worked at Neutrogena full-time for less than a year

Pros – Well known brand and great products; friendly employees; on site cafeteria; casual dress code; In-n-Out truck at town hall meetings.

Cons – Poor onboarding. Showed up and did not have resources or training ready, staff unaware of my arrival. Immediately showed me there were communication gaps.

Employee programs, such as HR, are either outsourced or housed in New Jersey so you are on the phone with a vendor or begging your supervisor to make the time to obtain a password for you to access your info on the self service site. Managers don't have the time to also function as HR and manufacturing employees don't have the time or resources to spend trying to figure out how to update their mailing address.

Morale is very low as there were major layoffs a couple of years ago. Approximately 50% of the workforce onsite is comprised of contract/ temporary workers, many whom have been there for extended periods of time. You don't see employees connected to the company or each other. The employees are divided by a physical divider, the street that separates manufacturing and administrative buildings which creates an invisible divider among employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Shake the Johnson and Johnson big corporate vibe and drill down to what makes Neutrogena awesome. Rebuild morale through pride and purspose, not free lunches and town hall meetings.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Neutrogena

Pros – Great development programs and opportunities for growth both vertically or horizontally, opportunities for rotations to different departments and different brands, the people are great to work with, usually half day fridays

Cons – Late days are common, re-orgs can be confusing and stressful, culture of taking home laptop/ always being attached to email and on-call

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend