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 432 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 380 reviews)); "Healthy and good work life balance" ((in 239 reviews)); "great company and colleagues" ((in 220 reviews)); "Super teams Great Know" ((in 216 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 208 reviews)); "Poor management and not respecting for other" ((in 155 reviews)); "Poor Management and Leadership." ((in 49 reviews)); "Some mid managers expressed being extremely stressed reporting numbers in meetings to the always unhappy upper management." ((in 25 reviews)); "Agreement/promises an not kept by senior management." ((in 13 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.

Henkel reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,172 total reviews)

Carsten Knobel

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 5,172 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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5K reviews

1.0

Mar 8, 2018

Zero Culture - No Automony

Associate brand manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Decent brands and scale -Some nice people

Cons

-Zero Culture (literally the worst culture I've ever experienced) -No autonomy -Chaos, decisions being made quickly without long-term focus/vision -No training of systems or processes -Young mangers who don't support development -People just agree with whatever the GM says -People are stretched in their roles

1.0

Jan 20, 2018

Henkel Harrasment

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Used to be a great place in the Loctite years sadly no more, money and profits are their God and they will walk on anyone to get it. Good pay and conditions.

Cons

Management are an absolute disgrace and should be all sacked immediately, The senior managers are total BULLY'S and they hire people that will also do their bullying and harassing and hide behind the HR department which is led by a total clown controlled by one of the senior managers. DISGRACEFUL.

2.0

Oct 20, 2017

Good company for entry level careers, others look else where

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Multinational company - Decent benefits - Possible cross division opportunities and international rotations if picked - Good foundational experience for some one starting a career.

Cons

- Very slow pace of getting things done. No agility. - All decisions need to go to Germany. Even as small as travel <$1000. No local decision making authority. All titles are just that titles. - Outdated polciies and procedures. No one knows how to get some thing done. You will be jumping from one person to other - You need to be a German or be in Germany to actually get promoted - Very bad culture. No one wants to commit any thing in email due to fear of sabootage. - No collaboration between different divisions. Too much politics - C level leadership team in Germany thinks only Germans can do a better job and fix things even if they have no idea of the potential of local employees and skills. - Very high expectation that "we are Henkel" so employees will just stay and work with minimal increments, without ST/LT incentives .

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