Pros
- In most cases, base salary above industry average. - Day to day people are smart, nice and collaborative.
Cons
Please here me when I say, Henkel is not the place for you no matter what your situation is. This company has horrible business practices and leaders at every level. The company runs too lean to operate effectively. Many times, people are spread so thin that they can’t manage their work load and struggle to hit any deadlines. As a marketer, you will be running a brand by yourself with no resources while also working as a project manager, financial analyst, etc. All decisions are centralized in Germany by leaders who don’t understand the US market. Direction changes often due to lack of true leadership. Budgets are constantly cut and you’re frequently doing exercises to cut programming every month. So much so that all printers are default set to black and white ink to save money. Most leaders above director level are German, and don’t understand simple things such as work/life balance. You’re expected to work around the clock. Training is non existent. You step in day one with no onboarding expected to know your business. There is no training or onboarding. Because budgets are constantly cut its impossible to drive your business. Retailers recognize this and don’t take the brands seriously. There is a template process for everything that is inefficient. You spend the bulk of your time presenting internally or doing someone else’s job. I can’t stress enough how bad this company is, don’t let the size fool you. This company has caused so many people stress. I would have a hard time coming in daily and many people felt this way.
