Toxic environment with no growth opportunities, extreme favortism and blatant sexism - Senior Scientist II L'Oréal Employee Review

1.0
Aug 2, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Company store discounts Summer Fridays (which are being retracted come fall)

Cons

Working around the clock nonstop, toxic abusive culture, unrealistic goals, complete lack of development plan and opportunities. Promotions based fully on favortism and not work ethic and output. Projects are piled on with no sense of work/life balance. French team constantly treats the US team like crap - the men in particular talk down to the women like complete trash with inappropriate comments, tone and language including referring to grown women as "girls" in a dismissive demeaning manor. Constant bullying mentality brushed off as "French culture". No regard for mental health. You could scream you are stressed and overworked and nobody including HR listens. People in my department have had to fight to take medical leave due to the stressful and damaging environment. Forced employees back into the office in 2020 during the heat of the pandemic - had to show proof of medicial records to get an extension to continue working from home. Masks are required and numbers spiking again, yet come September up to full capacity only 3 feet apart entire team in office at once. Company is NOT flexing with the new times and ways of working. No respect for people with desk jobs able to work from home efficiently and successfully. A mass exodus has occurred with 7 people leaving my department alone in the last few months.

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Cons

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Cons

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