Endless opportunities to develop, but impossible work life balance: the benchmark is to work evenings and week-ends... - Assistant Brand Manager Procter & Gamble Employee Review

4.0
6 Dec 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It's the best paid MBA in the world: the training and developing opportunities are endless and of extremely good quality. The projects are as massive as you want them to be. It's a great school. The question is, when to graduate from it?

Cons

Everyone works long days (8.00 to 20.00) then goes home and reconnects for a couple of hours, and finally works over the week-end... The trouble is that, this becomes the benchmark, and when ratings are given, it's impossible to get a good rating while having worked 'only' 12hours per day on week days. This explains why there are almost no 'old' people in this company and why ALL brand managers take a sabbatical at some point - it's not a sustainable rhythm.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
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Pros

training in in depth, training on job, basic star interview questions good company, stable benefits are somewhat cheap

Cons

training can be a lot, you have about 1-2hr presentations biweekly where you get tested on different aspects of the plant, like steam system, water system, utilities etc, training can last up to 6 months paid once a month, irregular times on call, may have to work weekends depending on machines work long shifts, sometimes up to 16 hours depending on how machines run, expected to be at work by 6am for safety meetings, 5am sometimes depending on the site you work at, expected to stay if machines run poorly can be demanding- most entry level managers are fresh out of college and expected to train and manage individuals who have worked at the company for decades not very easy to change departments, takes a couple of years no matching 401k, they have their own profit sharing thing, if you quit before 3-4 years at the company, you lose the money

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