Working at Colgate Palmolive Company

The Colgate - Palmolive Company is a major producer and distributor of household, healthcare, and personal hygiene products, including cleaners, soap, detergent, and oral hygiene products. This global leader produces well-recognized brands such as AJAX, Palmolive, Softsoap, Colgate, Irish Spring, and Murphy Oil Soap. In addition to individual consumers, Colgate-Palmolive serves the food service, education, supermarket, healthcare, and lodging industries through its cleaning and sanitizing products. The company also offers pet nutrition products, including Science Diet and Hills.

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The $15.3 billion company began in 1806, when William Colgate opened a starch, soap, and candle business in New York City. In 1837 the business started producing toothpaste and in 1857 the company was organized as ''Colgate and Company''. B.J Johnson then opened a soap factory in Milwaukee in 1864, which would later become the Palmolive Company. The Palmolive Company was named after the success of the palm and olive oil soap created by Johnson in 1898. The ''Peet Brothers'', a Kansas based soap producer, merged with Palmolive and in 1928, Palmolive Peet purchased the Colgate Company. ''Peet was dropped from the title in 1953, creating the Colgate-Palmolive Company as it is known today.

In 2006, Colgate-Palmolive released news of the acquisition of Tom's of Maine, a producer of cruelty-free and environmentally-friendly oral care and hygiene products. Colgate-Palmolive is currently listed on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) list of companies that do test on animals. This caused of concern for consumers who relied on Tom's of Maine for products free from animal tests. While Tom's of Maine products are still test-free, Colgate-Palmolive's website states that animal testing is used as a last resort for other products. The company voluntarily suspended all animal testing on products in adult personal care in 1999. Colgate-Palmolive also claims to supervise all necessary animal testing, however, it is unclear how they monitor the conditions due to the fact that all testing is performed by outside contractors at outside laboratories.




Colgate-Palmolive depends on succession planning to cultivate the next generation of company leaders. Internal job postings and a focus on skill development are used as a means of encouraging employees to reach for specific goals. Individual Development Planning allows employees to work with management to improve key skills and behavior. Classes and the global sharing of best practices are other ways that Colgate-Palmolive aims to encourage growth amongst its employees.

Employees of Colgate-Palmolive receive medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance coverage, as well as vacation bonuses, recognition awards, and stock ownership. Additional benefits include flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability, and retirement programs. Employees may also opt to take advantage of long term care insurance, critical illness insurance, pet insurance, back-up childcare facilities, emergency in-home care for adults and children, tuition assistance, counseling services, and more.

Careers with Colgate-Palmolive generally exist in the areas of finance, human resources, legal marketing, research and development, sales, and supply chain. Global career opportunities in human resources, marketing, and supply chain are also available. There are 31 job listings with the Colgate-Palmolive Company on www.hound.com , including route delivery driver, associate product manager, sales, nutritional consultant, senior cost accountant, and practice development veterinarian. Monster does not have any job listings with this company.



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