Does Henkel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Henkel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Henkel. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Henkel?

90% of Henkel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Henkel 4.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.4 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Henkel?

Intern (331) , Internship (210) , Manager (123) , Brand Manager (85) , Estagiário (80) , Marketing (71) , Marketing Intern (67) , Sales Manager (62) , Key Account Manager (55) , Project Manager (47) , Assistant Brand Manager (44) , Supply Planner (44) , Sales Representative (43) , Analyst (42) , Purchasing Manager (41)

What are the pros of working at Henkel according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and there are many tools that the company provides" ((in 423 reviews)); "The people were great and were always willing to help me out with anything I needed and provide advice on a daily basis." ((in 378 reviews)); "Culture is great and inclusive" ((in 368 reviews)); "Healthy and good work life balance" ((in 245 reviews)); "great company and colleagues" ((in 217 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Henkel according to real employee reviews?

"For the lowest managerial levels salaries are low and the workload is huge." ((in 219 reviews)); "Poor management and not respecting for other" ((in 157 reviews)); "Poor Management and Leadership." ((in 47 reviews)); "The non flexible working hours" ((in 34 reviews)); "Some mid managers expressed being extremely stressed reporting numbers in meetings to the always unhappy upper management." ((in 21 reviews))

What are employees saying about Henkel layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Henkel layoffs and their outlook for job security at Henkel in 2026.

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4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,171 total reviews)

Carsten Knobel

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

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4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Career opportunities

4.1

Senior management

Henkel has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,171 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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4.0

Dec 5, 2016

Good People - Challenging Environment

Customer service specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great people in terms of intelligence, teamwork, and willingness to collaborate. Culture can be dry but not because of a lack of good people. Pay was also competitive, as well as benefits.

Cons

Upper management/Executive team are all Europeans from the company headquarters in Dusseldorf, Germany. This is a con as the leadership is from a distance, which is challenging in terms of understanding local issues. There was some sentiment that Americans were not as highly valued as their German counterparts. I saw evidence of this when asking about ex-pat assignments. It is rare for Americans to go to Dusseldorf but common for Europeans to be in North America. There was also a general lack of training in my department, which frustrated me, as I wanted to learn more to grow into new positions. Felt "contained" during the end of my time at Henkel.

1.0

Sep 10, 2016

Bay Point going to the dumps, dump the workforce and start over!

Senior operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Used to be a good place to work, last 7 years has been a consistent decline and it's not getting better.

Cons

This site has an ungrateful, uninspired, selfish, immature, non loyal, deceitful, and worthless work force. This site has an HR that has its own agenda which picks and chooses who and when they'll support. This same HR is never available especially at critical times and uses "legal" as a way to either stall a decision or eliminate disciplinary actions so that the same worthless workforce can get away with murder. This site has an upper management team that has no relationship or history with its workforce with the main goal of the bottom line. The scared Mid level management is in complete disarray with several different managing styles and no support from above.

3.0

Aug 25, 2016

Good global exposure but too political in key activities

Market development manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good company reputation and strong brand image to industrial customers - Global exposure is high enough if you're working on some high visibility program - Working-life balance

Cons

- Change too much in recent years. Henkel has gradually lost it's core value and competitive advantages in the market since the high frequent changes happened too much. - Insufficient leadership in director & VP level managers. Everybody is waiting for the top-down order from top manager - Too political in handling business development, strategic planning, and go-to-market plans. Everybody is telling story rather than getting hands dirty and doing something really helpful to the business - Not competitive salary level comparing to foreign companies in China - Not so many smart people around you; not come joining this company if you can't tolerate mediocre colleagues

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Good People - Challenging Environment

Bay Point going to the dumps, dump the workforce and start over!

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