SC Johnson reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,512 total reviews)
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H. Fisk Johnson

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

SC Johnson has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,512 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SC Johnson 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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2.0
Jun 8, 2021

SCJ doesn't care

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Pros

Pays better than most SE Wisconsin companies

Cons

Management at SCJ doesn't care about it's employees as people.

2.0
Mar 9, 2021
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Pros

great Christmas parties. I liked Leann Rimes and MaggyPoppy.

Cons

“Family” refers to the royal family. Not yours unless you marry into loyalty. Good luck with that. Family means They watch their bottom line very carefully. If you lose a close relative you are provided only three days of grief. Vacation days shall cover the rest... and don’t plan to ask for FMLA they will deny it. Fisk spends way too much time fishing plastic bottles out of the Pacific, while seemingly oblivious to the fact his company is losing competitive edge and traction; particularly in business process technologies (cloud, machine learning is still 15 years to horizon maturity). They need to invest more money and quit cutting corners this sharplyZ. When this happens Good opportunities for Tier 1 Business Consulting to come in and reorganize 😊

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SC Johnson Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We're disappointed this has been your experience at SCJ as we work hard to provide SCJ people with the tools and knowledge to excel in their roles. SCJ strictly abides by FMLA legal requirements and approves leaves when someone meets the criteria outlined in our policy and relevant laws. We encourage SCJ people to speak with their HR business partner if they have any questions about this process. Our corporate mission is to be at work for a better world – one that is more sustainable, healthier, transparent, and has more opportunities for all – we greatly appreciate the contributions of all SCJ people to this mission. We also care deeply about retaining the spirit of goodwill, respect and integrity that has always been fundamental to SCJ’s family company culture. We take the feedback received here seriously and hope you feel heard.
2.0
Mar 6, 2021
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Pros

Good benefits, best in class cooperation between R&D and Marketing. Good global diversity.

Cons

No rigorous or comprehensive marketing expertise, and since some people are promoted so quickly (mostly men and ZERO women of color), they have little experience and knowledge. Outside Global Marketing hires have been from soft drink companies with no retail execution, product or P&L expertise. Regional leadership is salespeople that focus only on what retailers want and what competition is doing, and have been at the company for decades. Because leadership has huge gaps, they spend time on tactical issues vs. complete business management unlock growth. Marketing roles have small responsibilities and they keep adding people at Director and above, leading very highly paid people having limited ability to manage a business comprehensively and solve big, important problems. Promotion process not based on business results but instead based on if the existing power structure likes you, which leads to the self promoting saley types getting recognition vs. rewarding people who drive results and make decisions and empower downwards. Frequent rotations for "high performers" increase their networks even more and make it even less obvious when they aren't making good business decisions. Feedback to women is based on style, penalizing for being too aggressive and too "nice", leaving a very narrow path of acceptable behavior. Men in leadership talk about the importance of gender diversity but their actions and implications reinforce the status quo. So many stakeholders all get vetoes, so decisions are slow and watered down compromises. Or everyone goes up their silo to the top as a way to get anything done because then they can over-ride vetoes with "leadership is already aligned" but then there is no execution because others aren't bought in. Work flexibility policy is about 50 years outdated and comes straight from the top. The message is consistently that people can not be trusted to determine the best way to get things done (even in a pandemic) because "we're better together".

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SC Johnson Response
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We appreciate that you took the time to share your experience. We want all SCJ people to feel valued and able to thrive. We’re sorry that isn’t how it has felt for you. Being a diverse, inclusive and effective culture is core to who we are – if you would like, our HR team would be open to discussing your concerns: MyHR_North_America@scj.com or 800-987-3850.
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