brand manager

r&d engineer

packaging operator

operator

key account manager

Reckitt

During my time at Reckitt, I have observed a work culture that places a disproportionate emphasis on in-office presence, often at the expense of employee well-being and job satisfaction. Unfortunately, the HR team has been less than supportive in addressing these concerns, contributing to a challenging work environment.

One prominent issue is the company's seemingly singular focus on getting employees into the office. This fixation, driven by upper management, has created an atmosphere where remote work flexibility is undervalued. Despite the evolving landscape of work preferences and the growing trend toward remote collaboration, Reckitt's management continues to prioritize physical presence, leading to dissatisfaction among employees.

The lack of support from the HR team exacerbates the challenges faced by employees seeking a more flexible work arrangement. Their apparent indifference to the changing needs and preferences of the workforce has resulted in a disconnect between management and staff, hindering the creation of a supportive and adaptive work environment.

This insistence on office-centric work policies has had tangible consequences, with a notable loss of talented employees who have sought opportunities in more flexible and employee-friendly organizations. The high turnover rate can be directly attributed to the failure of management to recognize and adapt to the evolving expectations of the modern workforce.

In conclusion, the work environment at Reckitt is marred by an overemphasis on in-office work, exacerbated by a lack of support and responsiveness from the HR team. This myopic focus has led to a significant loss of valuable talent, highlighting the need for the company to reassess its approach to employee engagement and work policies in order to remain competitive in the evolving professional landscape.

Be prepared for long, monotonous work, though it’s generally easy and very manageable if you have strong time management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

The hardest part about working here in my opinion are the 12.25-hour shifts. They’re physically and mentally draining, making it difficult to stay fully motivated after 8–9 hours. Working multiple long shifts in a row leaves you so exhausted that most days off are spent just trying to recover. This has affected my personal life and relationships, as eventually in time you don’t have the energy to engage with friends and family anymore. Over time, this exhaustion created a sense of dread about returning to work after days off knowing that recovery time will never quite feel sufficient or fulfilling. 

The best part of the job is the four weeks of paid vacation, along with a decent paycheck, benefits package , life insurance etc. 

Honestly overall, it’s not a bad place to work; it has SO MUCH potential and could be a great environment again  with some improvements in middle management. In my experience, middle and department managers have unintentionally created a toxic work atmosphere that feels pointless, and unmotivating due to a combination of things I’m sure happen everywhere but specifically where I’ve been  lack of recognition and reward, leaving majority of us feeling unvalued and unsupported we all feel like to them we are not human beings but just an object to meet their target by any means necessary . Additionally, combined with unnecessary challenges lately stemming from poor planning, have made  the environment more stressful than it needs to be. Hopefully in time those things will improve but over the last few years they have gotten progressively worse. 

Thats  the good and the bad , overall I would recommend Reckitt .

In my 28 years at RB, I started out as an ambitious young adult, and became a productive successful woman to the company and to society. The company allowed me to grow, challenge myself, and pursue the impossible.Things that seemed to be difficult in the beginning, I refused to let get the best of me, and mastered it at the end. Early management encouraged and assisted that I learn as much as I could and be the best that I could be, and for that I am very thankful for RB.

I developed my good work ethic from my parents, and those good work habits like, good attendance, and dependability,and how treat everyone with the same respect I wanted to receive, followed me in every aspect of my life.

The work days at RB presented different challenges every day, I emphasized that each department was interdependent on one another, and if we worked as a team, we could accomplish our daily goals. I had to emphasize the importance for permanent and permanent employees, to buy into "ownership" and "accountability"  in order to achieve company goals as well as department goals. This was a little tougher to get the contract employees on board, but as I evaluated them for their raises, they realized that it would pay off in the long-run, and eventually they would become permanent if they bought into the concept.

Also while at RB, I enjoyed working on the safety committee, training Logistic drivers and the entire plant on re-certifications, volunteering to work on the annual Company picnics and Christmas parties, and was part of the HAZMAT and First Aid team for 3rd Shift.

Provided customer service and handled inventory control for finished goods, raw, packaging and WIP components.Managed production, distribution planning and implementing activities for retail and club pack household brands. Managed overall product and coordinated with Rickett Benckiser's in planning and controlling systems. Coordinated efforts with Operations, Distribution Planning, L.C. Centers, Sales Forecasting and Marketing. Prepared monthly and weekly production inventory deployment and capacity plans. Created and maintained master production schedule to ensure proper flow of materials. Implemented supply strategies, maintained ABS classification for FG, replenish order quantities, safety stocks, day’s forward supply, lead times, production rates, production capacity/utilization and deployment/shipping timing to ensure excellent service execution. Assisted Materials Manager in various analyses tasks and handled monthly inventory levels of FG and RB, purchased RM and PM. Reconciled negative inventory balances, handled issues on in-transits and RB plants, managed invoices, obsolescence and related transactions. Provided resolution to customer issues and concerns. Assisted project managers in planning new products launch. Ensured compliance to MPS and inventory KPI based on agreed targets and obsolescence FG and components keep under established target.

In the course of my 31/2 years at our RB FTW facility (STILL CURRENTLY THERE until Feb. 5th, 2013), I have operated many different machines and many different processes. While in the Packaging Dept., I operated the Blister Lines I.e. IMA C80’s, CSAT foil printers, Pester - Bundlers and Casepackers, Sepha De-Blisterer, and Leak Test Scanner; as well as Optel Vision quality inspection system, Wolke carton printers, and various bottle line functions with the exception of the Aylward Filler. We performed “A” and “B” Cleans as well as changeovers on formats and products. I also performed basic resetting functions of the palletizing robot. While in the Mfg. Dept., I have worked primarily in Weighing with the new DFB/DMS System, but initially trained in the old manual style of weighing as well. I have also been cross-trained on Blending; both V-Blender and Bin Blender. I have been trained on some processes that we have since upgraded and phased-out including the old Granulation operation which utilized Day Mixers, Drying Ovens, and Fitzmills/Swecos (Work-Up). I have been trained in DEA List I materials compliance. I have been trained in AM (Autonomous Maint.) and as an operator/mantech perform the daily and weekly preventative maintenance tasks. We have also been trained in the SMED program which has reduced our downtime and changeover times significantly.

Reckitt is a global manufacturer of consumer goods that provides much experience with new and continuously improving products and the technology to produce them. The typical day of work was spent analyzing general ledger accounts, the feasibility of new/improved product cost estimations for marketing, and analyzing variance, labor, freight, and waste and scrap accounts. The company environment is one in which continous improvement is admired and taking ownership of your work and projects is encouraged. During budget the tone of the office is more intense and stressful as management spends more time in meetings and planning for the year. Budget is the most difficult time of the year with a multitude of projects happening, budget deadlines needing to be met, and your everyday duties still needing to be completed. The most enjoyable aspect of working for Reckitt Benckiser is value on employee relationships and working together to see the goals of the company becoming a reality.

Typical work day in office, start early and stay late. Overall competitive nature of co-workers willing to climb at others expense.
Learned how to work in a highly mixed internationally group of co-workers. Working thorough many dialects and cultures. 
Senior management enjoyed being challenged, as long as you also came with solutions.

Co-workers formed clicks in part due to the structure of the organization, Trade Marketing, Brand or Sales each competing for their own bonuses.

The hardest part of the job was constantly having to educate international associates on the ways to market and diversities of the American CPG market, unlike most around the Globe. In addition, the Brand teams were constantly changing not allowing for projects to be started and completed by the same individual or group.

Learning the cultures of the many countries brought together working in one office expanded one's horizons as to what is actually "out-there".

Reckitt Benckiser is a pharmaceutical company that entered a risky market and won in a big way. The DATA 2000 (Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000) was leglisation that enabled schedule III products (medications that can be prescribed out of your primary care physicians office) for substance abuse treatment. Addictive dissorders, which to this day are still very stigmatized were always looked upon as a weakness of moral fortitude or character. Outside of Methadone treatment for opioid dependence there existed only abstinence based treatment. Reckitt Benckiser brought the first product to be classified under DATA 2000 to the market as Suboxone in 2003 with the knowledge that addictive dissorders had both neurobiochemical as well as psychiatric components. It has since eclipsed a billion in sales with many guidelines that no other medication has ever seen placed on them. It is a creative, energetic place to work and I hope that I can remain there for as long as they continue to keep the great culture they have worked hard to cultivate.

You can plan on working hard, showing up on time and having ABSOLUTELY nothing good come from it. The TRM(s) and Leads have their favorites and the favorites can do whatever they want, go to breaks and lunch for 1 hr and have no consequences. They come in late and miss multiple days, and nothing happens to them. The TRM and Leads go to lunch, breaks and socialize outside of work with certain subordinates. Which is extremely unprofessional and shouldn't be allowed. 

The equipment is garbage, rarely works and creates so much rework and still management expects you to run the equipment at max speed and keep up with it like a robot. 

There is no training. They show you one time and if you do not pick up on it, in under an hour, they send you to the back of the packaging line. And that is where you stay. 

If they fire someone, they call everyone to a meeting to let you know that person has been FIRED. Which doesn't  make sense to me. 

They work you 10 hrs a day and you only get 1 break and a lunch. 

They are a terrible company. And with everyone hiring right now, find somewhere else. In the past 2 months, they have had at least, 12 people quit. And I am on my way out.

A typical work day at Reckitt was quite enjoyable. everyone was all smiles from the time we clocked in to the time we clocked out. there were nothing but positive vibes. i learned so much as to handle the responsabilities of having a main job title. doing so gave me a great in-site to how to handle situations that were stressful. The management made it so easy to understand exactly what needed to be done. they were very open to ideas to make our jobs so much easier. the work place culture was great. everyone went out of our way to help anyone in need including the employees who had been there for years. the hardest part of the job was definatley transitioning from one job to another, but again we all helped one another into settling into our new jobs that being said it was also the most enjoyable part of the job. seeing others come together to help one another gave everyone a boost of pride and accomplishment which brought up moral and made every job enjoyable

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