Procter & Gamble Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Excellent company to work for."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"I like the good pay, excellent vacation, early retirement, and opportunity to move and learn within the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work overseas or to travel a great deal to China, Japan or India."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"Much of the company's vision is to move overseas and to outsource all of the work typically done by R&D technicians."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on beating the competition, and stop competition internally between employees of the same rank."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"Fringe benefits were good, but not much otherwise. There were too many limits on chemists."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are a chemist, keep in mind that you will be treated below your level and will be managed by people with less experience and knowledge."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"There were ridiculous limitations to my ability to move ahead and make contributions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"End the competitiveness, and make it collaborative and open to new ideas."

"Not the place to be if you're creative."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"I like the reputation and salary. Besides that, there's really not much more going for the group."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Avoid to save your pride and many headaches. If you're creative, try to avoid this hole."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"There are too many lies from management and poor leadership. There's simply too much business politics and games."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest removing current management and replace with experienced, competent leaders."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"Procter and Gamble highly values its employees and provides the best training programs in all aspects to ensure the employees are set up for success. Trainings that I took during my two years with P&G include leadership, communication, listening skills, teamwork, time management, networking opportunities, and so on. Also, the company gives a high level of trust to its employees. As a recent hire, I was assigned to lead a $15MM project. People whom I work with are diverse and open minded. P&G also provides a great mentorship program."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you are connected to a recruiter, because getting into P&G is probably harder than getting into Harvard."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"Mainly, I don't like the location availability in the US. All positions end up back in Cincinnati, OH. My family is in California, so staying with the company long term is not a viable option for me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think about how to target Gen Y employees to address their needs. For example, have a rotational project in different GBUs or a rotational role within the same GBU."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"There was an immediate responsibility to manage large budgets ($20MM-$500MM) that allowed me to lead."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Provide good examples of leadership in your resume and interviews."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"The rigidity of making decisions at times was bogged down with unneeded processes."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In order to truly be agile, there needs to be more action and less aligning just to align."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"I like the strong brands, lots of responsibility, great training, and people you can count on."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is an incredibly competitive company, so you had better be a Type A+++ if you expect to do well."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"It's too easy to get lost in the shuffle. Even if you do good work, you will not get noticed unless you work in the right place or you have a strong advocate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Focus on innovation - there hasn't been a game-changer like Swiffer, Febreze or Whitestrips for a long time."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"I like working with intelligent people I can learn from, and having a reasonable degree of work-life balance."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you are happy to follow the company's path and not your own."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"My ability to influence the company way of doing things is severely limited. We pretty much just carry out existing processes that have worked in the past."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I'd stop going on about the company's purpose and try to get everyone to adopt it as their own purpose."

"Very good company to start your career, providing training and opportunities."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"The work and life balance for this company is great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself and be a team player. Be positive and be enthusiastic at what you do and what you believe."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"The amount of opposites at the later half of your career will get narrower."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Managers should continue to do whatever they do, and care about the people as well as themselves."

"Agile, fast-paced work, immediate feedback, and great access to resources."

What do you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"The whole experience was just absolutely awesome. I never wanted for input or resources."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't freak out. Everyone there is human too. Be yourself and be honest."

What don't you like about working at Procter & Gamble?

"The worst thing was the distance from my home - 43 miles one way."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They are good at what they do, and that is why they are at the top of the heap."

"Best job I will ever have."