Good company but not the place to grow in your IT career - Anonymous employee Colgate-Palmolive Employee Review

4.0
Dec 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits and perks: Health and Dental Care, Discounted products at Company Store, Tuition assistance, 401K and bonus, Work from home 2 days a week and Open work environment /floorplan.

Cons

Important to know: Still expanding piscataway building to move more employees Continuing project gateway: re-organization aka layoff of employees in all countries and move jobs to India. Difficult to bring in new technologies even when there is a need and is aligned with Colgate strategy, business drives IT in this organization Corporate politics - network and know people if you want to move up, don't necessarily need to be good at what you do. Take note: 401K plan - after 5 years of service its required company take $3,000 of your pay and puts it into Colgate stock, in addition to whatever you are already contributing. Penalty received if you try to take it out, same with bonus.

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Cons

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