Procter & Gamble Reviews in Bethel, CT

Pros

Great training available for anyone that wants it
Lots of support for career growth & guidance
Hires the best - you get to work with really smart people every day

Cons

Promotions too cyclical - need people to leave unless the company starts growing
Compensation is very fair, but not always clearly linked to performance

Pros

The benefits, network and presumptions external HR people make regarding the almighty P&G

Cons

Way too big. Feel they can buy technology, rather than invest in it. Just a big distribution giant.

Advice to Senior Management

get off your high horse and take advantage of the people who want to grow.

Pros

Good pay, decent benefits, stable company. Well, they asked me for 100 words to write. A lot of very nice people. It feels good to work for a company, or for a brand that everybody knows about on the street. When you launch a new product it is distributed all over the world. Sufficient money to do the research and plenty of equipment if you need to test something. Managers are also better than at other companies I used to work for. Excellent facilities and plants and products that we make are some of the best in the world. If you like new product development it is not a bad place to be.

Cons

bureaucracy, not much innovation, very stiff cultureIt. is not the best place for creative people. There are multiple regulations, rules, procedures. Then you have training in procedures and how to follow them. A lot of meetings with a lot of people and nobody to make a decision. So we meet again in a week to get a concensus how to solve the problem. And then in one more week. By the time concensus is reached nothing is left from the original idea. But the pay is quite good, a lot of resources and we haven't had much penny pinching at least until lately. People are very good and friendly. So, I guess, may be there is something to working in teams but you have to get used to that it is very slow process.

Advice to Senior Management

NA

Pros

A great place for learning and growth opportunities, coming in from and acquisition to the Procter and Gamble company is an exciting and scary thing. However once initial fear of what analysis says on behalf of the company being acquired ends, those fears dissipate quickly. It is great to see how well P&G will accept you into the company that has been building for years, with cross functional training and the companies backing to grow as an employee and a person who appreciated values and principles of the company it is a wonderful place to work for overall.

Cons

hard to be completely involved being at an off site location

Advice to Senior Management

More coaching is need to managers who come in from an acquisition