Henkel reviews

4.4

90% would recommend to a friend

(5,211 total reviews)
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Carsten Knobel

94% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Henkel has an employee rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,211 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Henkel employee rating is 20% above average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Jan 5, 2023

Killer workload - no W/L balance

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Pros

Large company with some interesting products.

Cons

Severely Understaffed & Overworked. Constantly add projects, but don't add staff/resources to do them. Some dept heads need to learn how to say No in order to retain their people as there are only so many hours in a day & weekend. HQ does not seem to care about USA employees' Work/Life balance as evident by the much lower Euro workloads & higher staff counts in same depts and by their refusal to add USA staff when needed..

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Henkel Response
3y
Thank you for being part of our team for more than 8 years and for sharing your observations as a Manager in Stamford. At Henkel, we play as a team to create a successful, productive, and enjoyable work environment. A healthy work life balance should be part of this environment for all of our employees, which is why we are sorry that you did not experience this. We thank you for showing us where you see room for improvement and would like to encourage you to share your feedback in more detail to your former HR contact. This will help us better understand your situation and continue to develop and improve in these areas. Best regards, your Henkel Team
4.0
Oct 8, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits Decent over time pay

Cons

I was told I was going to be working 40 hours a week with Friday's off and I was looking forward to that schedule but once I got hired I started working 50-60 hours a week because of mandatory overtime and this has been going on for two years almost consistently. Although, there has been attempts to lessen the load and the amount of over time worked there has been little to no progress in doing so. If you have no life than this might be a good place for you.

1.0
Aug 24, 2022

Turnover/work culture

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are pretty good if you last long enough to use them.

Cons

They dont care atvall about the employees having a life outside of work. They have us working 6 days a week 10 hours a day and they want more out of us. They act as if holidays are a priveledge and not a right. There is almost no (productive) communication between shifts-management, leads, supervisors. The turnnover rate is like 1-1 the point system is based on a 5 day 40 hour week and not adjusted to reflect a 6 day 60 hour week. Management just dont care people call in because they are burnt out and tired and frankly its almost the only way to get a day off from time to time. This is held against us. You dont get more productivity by forcing people to work more. And during meetings people are afraid to speak up so nobody says anything. Bit you hear ot in the breakroom and locker room and on the production floor. Morale is low and employees arent happy. They have emplyees that are barely and poorly trained,Training the new employees

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Henkel Response
3y
Thank you for working with us at Oak Creek and for sharing your feedback as a Mixer Operator in a review. At Henkel, we strive to provide all of our employees with a variety of benefits, and we are pleased to hear your positive feedback about them. We also greatly value open and constructive feedback, as this is the only way we can continue to develop as a company and create the best possible work environment for our teams. Thus, we take your criticism very seriously and will follow-up with the responsible teams. In addition, we encourage you to seek a conversation with your local HR department. Your thoughts will be treated confidentially and will hopefully give us the opportunity to further improve. We value each and every one of our colleagues and would love for you to stay with Henkel for many years to come. Best regards, Your Henkel Team
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