Q&A With Newell Brands Employees

It has gotten much more strict recently. Typically one day a week, but that may not be as flexible as it used to be (ie. you can’t always work from home on Friday).

You might be able to work 1 day a week off-site. Unless you are part of the senior leadership team in which case you can work whenever, wherever. They are fairly invisible.

Average. There isn’t much of a policy. It depends on your boss.

formal business attire

Suit and tie

Suit and tie

Half sharks and half want to leave. The sharks enjoy undermining your credibility.

Half are sharks and half you can trust. The sharks don’t hesitate to undermine you.

Employees see right through the emperor. He is an insincere corporate shill and is incompetent. Research the damage he has caused over the past two years. His grandiose plans have led to ruin.

They loathe and hate the CEO. He has mismanaged the company which has cost Good contributors their job. Employees know what to do, they aren’t allowed to do it.

Try to base promotions on merit. It is a purely political organization

I would based promotions on merit and stop making all decisions at the top. The executives can’t pick a strategy that works.

All divisions are underperforming. There is not one bright spot.

All divisions are underperforming. There aren’t any growing businesses.

Horrible culture. Nobody wants to work together. The first instinct is to point fingers.

The environment is terrible. People are looking over their shoulder hoping they arent the next to get laid off.

The expectation is to work at least 6 days a week. There isn’t any balance.

There isn’t any balance. Employees are expected to work 6-7 days a week or suffer consequences.

Purely political.

Promotions are decided based on political connections and not job performance.

Mundane. Vacations aren’t worth it if taking one means you’ll get a bad performance review.

Mediocre

If it is the only job offered then take it. It can be a good landing spot until you find your next job.

You would only want to work for Newell if it helps you find another job. The company culture is viscous and the financial performance is awful. It is complete chaos as the company is so heavily in debt that it will have continued layoffs in the near future in order to make the balance sheet look good to Wall Street.

Tell them you will walk over hot coals for the job. They want people who will work like dogs.

Tell them you will work day and night.

They are mediocre. Benefits aren't a factor, at all.

Mediocre. Nobody thinks much of them. No stock purchase plan.

It's smoke and mirrors. Newell treats interns as rock stars and treats employees as cattle.

They wow you with all kinds of social events and outings. However, this masks the fact that when you become an employee, Newell with grind you into the ground.

Poorly. Most employees try to stay away from HR.

Clumsily.

tell them you will work 24/7

Tell them that you will be solely focused on making Newell money no matter how many 60 hour weeks you need to work.

I was most excited when they paid me to leave the company.

Mediocre. Nothing more than overpriced health insurance.

Horrendous. I work at nights and on weekends. There isn't time for socializing.

I haven't had a performance review since Newell bought us 2 years ago.

Sharks. Maybe vultures.

Not one single bit. Reorganizations come every 6 months and nobody knows if they will stay or go. Performance doesn't matter.

Going home at the end of the day. Actually, I have some very supportive colleagues. Unfortunately, the majority of colleagues would throw you under the bus if it meant a promotion for themselves.

The company will not be successful for at least 2 years. It needs a complete management overhaul and a new leader who knows what he is doing.