Essity reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(713 total reviews)
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Magnus Groth

83% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Essity has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 713 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Essity employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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713 reviews
3.0
Nov 26, 2018

Sales

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great experience in the medical industry

Cons

Too many changing expectations for the responsibilities that the sales reps have. NO clear focus on the future

4.0
Sep 17, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- Great learning opportunities - Good mentorship - Projects - Responsibility

Cons

HMEx practices (especially safety, quality and process) were not standard across all plants Salaries are relatively low Need to improve communications within and between plants

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Essity Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to complete a review! It sounds like you had a good experience and were able to learn some good skills during your time with Essity. I appreciate your comments on improving communication and standardization between plants. We are currently recruitng for a Manufacturing Excellence Director for North America to help in this facilitation (as of writing this post on 9/26/2018). Please view our career site for more details. Also, thank you for your feedback on salaries at Essity. For every position we recruit we do an evaluation of the salary range to ensure we are fair and equitable for the position and market. Although we may not always be the top paying company, our salaries are fair. We also offer a total rewards package that is very generous including up to 9.5% 401K company contribution, generous bonus potential, and full benefit package from first day of employment.
4.0
Sep 4, 2018

Front Desk Receptionist

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I learned a lot of new skills that I was able to use outside of the work place.

Cons

There wasnt always a lot of work, making some of the days slow.

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Essity Response
7y
Thank you for your response! The fact that you were able to learn new skills that can benefit you inside and out of work is awesome and fits well with our Beliefs and Behaviors. We are careful that our employees have a great work life balance and we may take this too far sometimes. Glad you had a good experience here.
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