Reckitt reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(4,287 total reviews)
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Kris Licht

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Reckitt has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,287 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Reckitt employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Sep 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Used to be a great place with great brands but some very short sighted decision making has run the ship in the ground, top management in disarray. CEO only concerned with making him self a fortune.

Cons

Bad place for brand marketing professionals this is purely sales oriented company. Growth stunted as Europeans preferred and promoted faster. Pathetic Medical Insurance Plan.

1.0
Aug 27, 2015

Avoid Like the Plague

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have a decent Italian Espresso Machine. Caveat : There were two, then they thought they'd save money by keeping 1. Don't know how long that will last. You can learn exactly how a company doesnt work by being here. That will be useful learning when you are lucky to move on to a more established name.

Cons

Absolutely miserable place to be in. 9/10 people want to leave, the 1 that wants to stay is either in denial or has masochistic/sadistic tendencies. The work is enormous as they want to keep as few people as possible in order to be lean while being in denial that the lean they are pursuing is closer to Anorexia. This ends up putting people in positions where 50% of the work assigned is done half cooked, and leads only to a short term win and long term disaster. However the company rewards such behavior through its Bonus structure, which is essential since obtaining a good yearly bonus is the only way to draw parity with P&G/Unilever/Mars Payscales. Employees chase the small win to take home that extra pay knowning full well the work they are doing is unsustainable. Senior Management engages in Politics much more than actual work and again, its a culture driven from the top. Every Senior Manager acts a Policeman in the company and engages in inter-department rivalries so that the monkey is off their back and on someone else (Some do it only to manage their Work-Life Balance). It is staggering the amount of poor decision making that exists in the organization where SVPs get involved in how much bottled water to order, and which contractor to hire. It is an open secret that Mr Kapoor is lately signing off on hiring for non-managers as well personally. A new cost cutting program has simply put to a halt promotions, so entry to mid level managers can forget moving forward for a few years. Avoid, Avoid, Avoid and if a loved one is heading there, warn them !

1.0
Jan 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Maternity leave, vacation days, everything else similar to every other big cpg company

Cons

Majority of the reviews say that people are over worked. Reckitt demands outperformance, but doesn’t reward outperformance (just year end bonus). Exceed numbers and do more than job requirements, and you’ll still get average reviews and minimal raises. Reckitt forces everyone into a bell curve that tips to a leadership favoritism model, rather than results and workload. So many people leave and we were stuck doing double or triple roles with no reward. Inflation is at an all time high with projections higher next year. Reckitt’s solution is to do minimal pay increases and not backfill the people who are leaving. The overworked are going to be asked to do more with a net salary decline, everyone is looking for the door You may have a cool boss here, as I did, but at some point you will realize the company does not value you and there are other good managers out there.

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