SC Johnson reviews

1) If you are a person of a minority group- you may want to avoid this company- many people working within this company have very little travel experience. Unfortunately, often they are ignorant of other cultures and view them suspiciously. Very often they ask very offending questions and already have a viewpoint of a culture even before getting to know them. 2) There are some people who are marked as "superstars"- no matter what a mess of things they make, senior management continues to promote them. On the other hand, senior management refuses to work on people are are willing to work hard and want to develop their skill set. Its a sad state of affairs- things only got worse with the recession setting in. 3) Not a culture where one can trust people. I worked in Finance for quite a few years and ended up leaving the company in 2009 because I was so frustrated. They place too much importance in a person being aggressive without giving them the tools to get ahead. They basically do not believe in investing their people, although they say they do- infact they don't. This is infact the most common complaint for many people working in the company. 4) They are obsessed about winning the war against P&G and this is the company's #1 priority. Unfortunately, this has led to a lot of bad decision making by senior management in the recent past. 5) They are located in the middle of nowhere- BRANTFORD- most Canadians don't seem to know where that is. The town is small, with lots of poor people, bums on streets and unsafe neighbourhoods.

* Paternalistic company * CEO out of touch with reality. He's shielded by his inner circle who are making REALLY bad decisions on brands, acquisitions, etc. Fisk (CEO) is aloof, disengaged with the real on-goings of the place. * I don't care what the polls say, this is NOT a good place to work at for women. It's an underlying fact that Exec Mngt prefers to have men running divisions, brands, etc. The few females in positions of power are in the stereotypical slots: HR, Communications. * Too many "LIFERS" still there. These are people who literally have been there their entire life. They strangle the company when it comes to innovation, creativity, etc. SCJ prefers to hire their own kind...people that fit the "SCJ Mold". These lifers need to be retired. * Location: high crime area.