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Bad working environment, but you can learn many things working here - Anonymous employee Firmenich Employee Review

1.0
27 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone is generally friendly with each other, pretty good career opportunities because good staff never stay beyond 2-3 years, so you can rise faster when people quit

Cons

Too culturally diverse, communication is bad because of some cultures, they claim that they want to talk about problems, but they try to avoid it or just to forget about it. Staff like to "talk the talk", saying that they will make changes, giving their word but completely avoiding it, or not mentioning it to think that it has passed.

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Firmenich Response
8y
Thank you for your review. We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and open culture where we listen to our colleagues and actively support their growth. We will share your comments with our teams and we encourage you to connect directly with your local HR partner to share this feedback as well. We wish you much success in your current position.

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Pros

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Cons

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Firmenich Response
3y
Thanks for sharing your review! It is nice to hear about your positive experience.
3.0
12 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Range of creative, scientific, business, supply chain and support jobs. Global experience and mobility opportunities (at mid to high level positions). Good health benefits compared to many other companies. Company is strong financially and growing financially (but opportunities are being filled by outside talent, not internally)

Cons

Pervasive clique-oriented culture and sink-or-swim for those not in a protected group, both which play key roles in advancement opportunities. Perception and network matters more than individual results. Inequitable distribution of heads to sites in dire need. Poor HR environment for quality employee support, growth, and development. Burnout becoming very pervasive, with company asking for more-and-more. IS systems are cumbersome and poorly designed...creative more inefficiency instead of solving efficiency issues.

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