Henkel reviews

Would not wish this company on my worst enemies. As is clear to anyone reading thru comments, there is a general theme of abusive management. If you come here, know that this is an authoritarian, abusive place, unlike any other place you have seen. Instead of working together to fix problems and grow the business, the german leadership want to focus on gotcha moments, trying to break people down and destroy them instead of building and growing talent. At Henkel it seems you are dispensable, to be used up and thrown out. Cannot overstate how much this place feels like a toxic environment. The local leadership also always seems angry and out to get people. It’s sad, because there is a lot of fantastic talent here in US, if only everyone could sit down and calmly discuss the business challenges and work as a team to fix. Would love to hear more of “how can we help you grow the business” instead of “why do you all keep screwing up”. Really it sees there are no true german leaders. All we get is a lot of german managers. There is a difference! Forget HR helping as they seem at best ineffective and at worst supportive of an abusive culture. At Henkel, we do not have the proper resources to get the job done well and they run so lean you cannot hope to get things done. Some great brands with a lot of potential for a company if it cared about its employees and cared about investing in growing the brands instead of squeezing the life out of brands and people.

While the journey has been deeply rewarding, it hasn’t been without challenges. Adapting to shifting market demands and managing cross-functional teams have required continuous learning and flexibility. Balancing the fast pace of innovation with the need for consistent global standards often tested our agility. Additionally, aligning technical strategies with ever-evolving corporate priorities sometimes posed resource and communication hurdles. However, each challenge has strengthened my leadership approach and reinforced the value of resilience and collaboration in a global engineering environment.