Givaudan reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,027 total reviews)
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Christian Stammkoetter

81% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Givaudan has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,027 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Givaudan employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Mar 16, 2022

Nightmare Company

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Pros

There are some truly wonderful people, but every good person there’s about twenty rotted people

Cons

Givaudan is a place that takes from the lower rung employees w abandon and gives nothing back. They’ll ask you to do the workload of three people, tell you you won’t be promoted unless you’re already doing the role of the level above you and if you ask for a raise due to the increased workload they’ll give you something pitiful and act as though they are the most wildly generous employers in the world. Even if you are doing the role of the level above you they won’t promote or give an adequate raise. Perfumers and management get to do next to nothing and treat people like trash and are ‘untouchable.’ There is a lot of sinister energy and people who will happily trash you to try to get ahead. Lots of turn over as everyone is miserable. My best advice is avoid particularly if it’s for the sales side.

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Givaudan Response
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Thank you for you review. We are sorry that you felt that way about working at Givaudan. In terms of career advancement, we put a lot of effort into making career opportunities visible to our employees and helping people find new opportunities within the company. When hiring, we always look at internal candidates, promoting from within whenever possible. Givaudan is committed to providing a working environment that is based on mutual respect among employees. Our culture of integrity and open communications enable employees to address any concerns directly to their HRBP, local HR or line manager .
1.0
Aug 4, 2018

Abuse of temporary employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong focus on safety. Overtime on the weekends. Good position in their market.

Cons

The abuse of employees hired through a temp agency. Temps invest valuable time hoping to be hired into the union only to be let go or never hired. Many temps have not been hired after a full year working for the company.

1.0
Aug 27, 2014

Run as fast as you can!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pros are the cafeteria, decent coffee and good benefits. These pros, however, do not even begin to outweigh the cons.

Cons

Where can I start? The management (and HR) is extremely corrupt and the building consists of the worst office politics I have seen anywhere. The training is nonexistent and most of the people within the company are there to bring you down, not build you up (Asking for help is a sign of weakness). Run as fast as you can from this company!

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