Good company for entry level careers, others look else where
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 - Outdated polciies and procedures.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 .