Henkel reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,210 total reviews)
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Carsten Knobel

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Henkel has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,210 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Henkel employee rating is 27% above average for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
2.0
Feb 21, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Nice new office. Global Company. Not enough to complete. .... .... ....

Cons

People have been there for years. Too long! Don't want to be winners. Follow other Companies. Sales driven, not brand building. Not open to allowing people to travel to HQ or other markets. Poor leaders: not cutting edge. Average advertising. Micro-managed spend in the Company. Overly worried about Global.

2.0
Jul 19, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are good. They truly care about their products and invest into R&D to be able to have high end quality products. Their Beauty and Laundry divisions are large and you potentially are able to take on new roles (promote from within).

Cons

I know Corporate is do more with less but Henkel stretches that too far. It is not uncommon to see 1 person with 2+ full time job responsibilities and the jobs are completely unrelated. It is very old fashion; there are a couple of Senior Managers/VPs that rule by intimidation instead of being a leader. They don’t invest into the business side. The reporting tool appears to be a proprietary system that only runs in Germany. In the States its a complete joke. You will not develop any skills with this tool. They want to run like and have the same level of data as a large company (that they are) without the investment.

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Henkel Response
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Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. We are always striving to create new solutions and your feedback is appreciated. We wish you well in your new opportunity.
1.0
Mar 8, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Decent brands and scale -Some nice people

Cons

-Zero Culture (literally the worst culture I've ever experienced) -No autonomy -Chaos, decisions being made quickly without long-term focus/vision -No training of systems or processes -Young mangers who don't support development -People just agree with whatever the GM says -People are stretched in their roles

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