Revlon Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – * High profile company with leading brands that are (arguably) quite glamorous.
* Excellent learning environment, with a culture that encourages risk-taking and is not too process-driven/encumbered;
* Exposure to all facets of the business--operations, marketing, sales--no matter what your role is;

Cons – * the nature of the industry means very long planning lead times and continual promotional development (which I suspect is a good thing, but sometimes can be stressful since the pace is so quick.)
* very cut throat industry where share points are jockeyed around
* depending on your level, politics can exist
* high brand spend can sometimes come at the expense of profitability. Which means cuts in personnel, plants, restructuring, have been many in the past 5-8 years.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Revlon full-time

Pros – good work life balance for employees

Cons – pay is extremely low for a reputable organization

Advice to Senior Management – focus more on grooming by providing opportunities to learn

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time

Pros – Nice People to work with

Cons – Benefits are average or below
Career Development

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Revlon full-time for more than a year

Pros – - The pay is competitive compared to other similar firms.
- They try to work to provide employees with a work-life balance.
- International company with a strong brand.

Cons – - Most of the work provided is mundane and repetitive. There is no real innovation at the company. Known to be a status quo company.
- Employee advancement is ridiculously limited. I met employees who have worked for the company for 35 years are still Senior Analyst and have not been provided the opportunity to move up within the firm.
- The company has a strategy of working separately and then throwing the separate parts together to create the product. There is not much collaboration between the departments in the company to create more innovative ideas to help grow the company.
- Honestly, I hear employees spend more time complaining about working for the company than actually doing work for the company. It's the saddest form of productivity ineffectiveness I have ever seen.
- Management is good at selling the company and its positions, but the pitch is a lot stronger than what they have to actually offer. A company with a brand this strong cant crack the Fortune 1000, there is a reason for that. Not where you want to be.

Advice to Senior Management – Groom and grow. Stop picking people from other companies that have no idea about your product and strategies. Also pay closer attention to your current employees and reevaluate their effectiveness and cut the fat. Get younger, and innovate. Stop being status quo. Don't believe me look at their financials for the last 5 years, always between 1.0-1.3B

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time

Pros – Company with a well known name and reputation as leader in the industry

Cons – Less opportunities for advancement now.

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time for more than a year

Pros – Beauty category is a fun space, when you get to spend time on the brand, marketing and new product innovation. There are some great individual people there, if you look.

Cons – While I was there, it seemed management would always operate with tied hands, answering to majority shareholder who lacks ability to manage the company. We spent too much time on non-value added tasks, nothing to do with marketing, brands, or consumer - e.g. reformatting spreadsheets based on who's in charge that day.

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in experienced brand marketers with success running and turning around businesses - and let them do what they do best. Hold on to the best talent by keeping them happy and creating a positive, open culture.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – They give some a chance to grow from within

Cons – You must be a player to stay, golf, parties, and other things. It is not enough to put in long hours, but you must play after work with the higher ups if you want to stay.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop allowing your directors to treat supervisors as thought they were complete idiots. I had one director admit he had threatened an employee. When it was brought tot he attention to upper management it was denied and dropped.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Revlon full-time for more than a year

Pros – good working environment at the company

Cons – less salary and less benefits

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Revlon

Pros – Lean, flat organization with a collaborative environment that focuses on grooming its people

Cons – As with any company each personal experience is different and some employees may have individual downsides of working at the Company, but on the whole working at Revlon is an enjoyable experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Revlon

Pros – Many long term employees who care about the business.
Opportunities are there if you work hard and are focused..

Cons – The market category is volatile; when the company prospers employees do; when the economy is flat, that is when changes are made. Basic business principals followed.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognize your your biggest assets --- your employees