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
Dec 6, 2009
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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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3.0
May 19, 2026
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Pros

Many intelligent people who are experts in their fields who are willing to help and provide advice (if they have time). Decent benefits and pay.

Cons

I mentioned time because many people are stretched and overworked. Work life balance is pretty bad and shows no signs of improvement. A lot of this can be attributed to near useless management. Every project is treated as absolute maximum priority but can still be dropped at a moment's notice. Work processes are horribly cumbersome and slow. Even small changes require many approvals but there are endless demands to "move faster".

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