Church & Dwight reviews

Executive Management - specifically in Manufacturing Operations - has changed in the last three years and not for the better. Fear is the current management tactic, with performance objectives changing spontaneously and the leaders providing ambiguous direction. You are told that quality is critical and to only produce product that meets specifications - but if you shut down production to fix a quality issue, you are assailed for missing production targets. This leads managers to decide to produce material - even if it is non-conforming - and push problems rather than fixing them. The company claims it runs "Lean Management Style", but doesn't provide the resources that Lean requires. So it ends up being "Cheap Management" where the outputs of Lean are expected, but the inputs are not provided. You end up with Production Supervisors trying to fill the role of Continuous Improvement Engineer (with no training provided) while they are also expected to perform their production responsibilities. When they fail - as they inevitably will - the executive management casts blame rather than trying to find the root cause and fix it (training, expertise, resources). There has been a recent exodus of talent from Church & Dwight, which is unfortunate. This company has an incredibly strong history with a stable of iconic brands that support it. The Operations Executives are not leaders - they are bosses. They have no concern of developing employees and leading them to higher performance. They are only concerned with their metrics and if people do not deliver, they look to cast blame rather than fix problems. As long as the current management personnel are in place, the best years of C&D are behind it. It is a shame that a few people in powerful positions can do this to such a great company. It falls on the top executives (CEO, Board of Directors) to recognize this deficiency in the VP levels and rectify it in order to save this once great enterprise.