Procter & Gamble Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Procter & Gamble as an intern for less than a year

Pros – -Friendly, brilliant people
-Great leadership development programs
-Great work life balance/flexibility
-Great benefits (including all health, dental, life, and profit sharing, stock options)
-Freedom to explore other opportunities in the company

Cons – -Average base pay (but benefits are more than enough)
-No free parking for lower level employees
-Office floor/work space layout is relatively boring (though common areas, dining, meeting rooms are great)

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing what you are doing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Procter & Gamble full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – - Strong talent
- Great management and coaching
- Wide access to resources and training

Cons – - Non-transparent career progression
- Performance not very linked to pay - top performers seem to get marginal incremental benefits
- Lack of focus on business issues - too much weight on performance given to those that work internal "high visibility" projects that don't directly impact business results

Advice to Senior Management – - Revamp the ratings system to reward top performance

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

Former Employee – worked at Procter & Gamble full-time for more than a year

Pros – P&G invests in its people both in salary and inextricable learning experiences. You will be surrounded by the smartest thought leaders in the country and will receive state of the art training.

Cons – The location is in Cincinnati. This is the biggest Con unless you are from the mid-west and enjoy the weather and the small town feel.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow new generation employees more flexibility to work cross-functionally, to engage in think-tank type discussions & experiments on a regular basis and to engage their passion as a core part of their daily work. When employees are passionate and see their unique skill-sets at work, they are more engaged and operate at peak performance.

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

Former Employee – worked at Procter & Gamble full-time

Pros – great benefits, company car, free time

Cons – fear of lay offs, too big

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Procter & Gamble as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great pay, real responsibility, unique culture

Cons – high stress environment, micro managing

Advice to Senior Management – Develop and promote minority talent

Current Employee – been working at Procter & Gamble

Pros – P&G has great balance and training.

Cons – P&G is a very large company with all the expected foibles.

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

Current Employee – been working at Procter & Gamble full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Really pushes you to learn, lead and have hands on experience with innovation. Many resources to enable fun, cutting edge work.

Cons – Very beaurocratic, slow desicion making, unclear accountability.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Procter & Gamble as an intern

Pros – Great company, smart and experienced colleagues to learn from,good training system

Cons – Cincinnati is a little bit...not so much a place for young people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Procter & Gamble full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Retirement Plan, Cutting Edge Research, New Product Development

Cons – Brand Runs Everything, Sales has little say, a major problem that led to pharma division being sold

Advice to Senior Management – Let Sales have Some input

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Procter & Gamble full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Lots of training; overseas assignments; many locations in the US

Cons – The job scope can be somewhat narrow.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on the business and making money versus a Social or 'feel good' angle.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend