Procter & Gamble Reviews in Singapore

Pros

Great products. Early responsibility with tremendous opportunity to learn and grow leadership skills. Outstanding internal training program. Companies values and principles are a corner stone and help bring everyone together

Cons

Can be slow in making and driving decisions. Capable people can get stuck in job.

Pros

Good exposure to well known worldwide brands
Healthy training and leadership development in early years
Comprehensive understanding of the business from day ONE
Competitive salary and benefits package for fresh graduates

Cons

Extremely slow promotions
Salary raises are almost unnoticeable - single % rises in two years
Terrible work life balance
Rewards are pyramid structured - only the middle and top management get to see the rewards for being with the company for >10 years
Mid level hired professionals will drop out within 1-2 years time as unable to gel with culture

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage mid-level hires by understanding where they come from and the experiences they bring to the table.
Sack up and pay aggressively if the Gen Z are to be loyal to the company.

Pros

1. Open concept
2. A very Purpose orientated company

Cons

1. No Action Talk only from current management.
2. No in touch with the people on the floor, and in the 1st place they are the one to do the production and make money for you.
3. A very seif-centered Management.

Advice to Senior Management

Touch life of your people too.

Pros

- Very principle based
- Positive company image
- Very competitive environment, so you are energized to give your best
- Competent talents

Cons

- Director levels (whichever business unit you work for) are often confused of their own choices and end up blaming those who execute their decisions
- Not very competitive in their pay (yeah, it's not so bad, but it's not great compared to the work you have to do)
- Slow in decision making

Advice to Senior Management

There needs to be a commitment when a decision is made, and you must stick to it. Often times it is the ones who execute the decisions that often get burned for nothing, have to redo all the work and still swallow the bitter pills by working extra long hours without being compensated in our pay.

Pros

Learning is very good , since you get into senior positions very quickly.
Leadership is very strong and they are clear of the direction to take the company.

Cons

Leadership is not flexible about the needs of the employees. The company interest takes precedence over all else. Company is too much in silos.

Advice to Senior Management

Maximize the potential of every employee. Understand the changing needs of employees with families.continue to train employees on cutting edge concepts.

Pros

Really takes care of its people. Spends time to train and develop skills.

Cons

Work life balance is a challenge and it is a tough competitive environment.

Pros

1. It is a world of its own--- it is very organized and structured; things run effectively and efficiently.
2. It is a very open organization. Feedback is a way of life. You can directly give feedback, be it positive or negative, and nobody will take it against you.
3. It always aims to do the right thing. They are pretty straight forward on the rules. They try not to have grey areas.
4. It respects the key values and promotes it consistently.

Cons

1. Highly competitive environment. You are rated against your peers. You are just as good as your last performance.
2. Very bad work-life balance.

Advice to Senior Management

The culture of stretching the employees to the best of their abilities also has a downside--- you exhaust them easily.

Pros

Build a good foundation at P&G and your skills will be transferable, not to mention, sought after at most other organisations.

Cons

You might get lost within a large organisation. Its not everybody's cup of tea to deal with unnecessary questionable tasks.

Advice to Senior Management

Introduce 360 reviews for a fair assessment, this helps to avoid a bias judgement. More incentive schemes for cost centres.

Pros

Great training, builds the right foundation in terms of business knowledge and brand building. Chance to work with very competent, smart people. Structured, disciplined approach to business, training, and promotions (at least for the first 3 levels). Is good to have on one's resume.

Cons

Complexity, and lack of creativity. The amount of systems and processes can be frustrating.

Advice to Senior Management

Less centralization; reward speed and flexibility in getting results; be more risk taking

Pros

P&G focus a lot of developing our competencies, competitive salary and compensation benefits

Cons

Pressure is unavoidable, working for meaningless project at times

Advice to Senior Management

Cross functional opportunity should be considered for capable individuals, rather than just grow within function.