If you enjoy questioning your own abilities daily then this is the place for you.. - Sales Associate L'Oréal Employee Review

1.0
Nov 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Products are great this is the only key feature of this company

Cons

-Lack of direction & leadership will wear you down- be warned. -Very strange culture across particular divisions- high focus on 'boys club' & overseas people are often bought into the country rather than promoting from within or local talent options. -Very long hours with lack of reward or recognition for people's contribution- a lot of talk around fixing this but highly unlikely until they change the management in particular divisions. Note- summer hours don't cut it for what you actually sacrifice. -Do not ever expect to get a correct report- never before have experienced such a poorly run operation for a global leader. -Poor financial controls although so much focus is on this there is little or no idea what is going on in the business. -Living in the stone ages with technology. -No clear KPI's everyone has their own agenda. -You will do things 100 times over without having clear direction on what was actually required to begin with. -No training or education at all for employees. -Bullying style of management. -No team culture very divided

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Cons

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