They bought us out and closed us down....horrible company. - Systems Support Administrator Coty Employee Review

Too big for their own good, buy out the "little guys" and close plants to ship operations elsewhere, disorganized management, no core values. I worked at the Leland NC facility, originally at Rocky Point, NC manufacturing plant. Coty bought us out when we operated as Del Laboratories. While the ink on the check was still wet, Coty sold half of our product portfolio to Church & Dwight (all pharmaceutical brands ie. Orajel, etc). We were told our NC operations were still safe, however only weeks later we learned that both the Leland NC and Rocky Point NC operations would be closing. This was Cary Newman and Steve Brainard's overall plan, to walk away with a golden parachute. They officially closed Leland the DAY BEFORE CHIRSTMAS...a great holiday present. They did this to avoid having to provide all new sick/vacation days to employees had they been employed through the new year when the paid days off start. Management at Leland NC received "retention pay" to make sure they remained on staff. Some of these individuals were asked to come to Rocky Point which is now a sinking ship as well. Coty is selling the Rocky Point operation and it's remaining employees to Medicia, a small NJ based operation, where they are offering peanuts for pay to those who will remain. Coty came into our operation, bought out a 43yr old company, sold off most of our portfolio of brands, and kept what they wanted for themselves (Sally Hansen, N.Y.C.), and then closed 2 plants in NC, laying off over 650 people. But hey, we got a gift bag of returned/expired Coty merchandise as a christmas gift. There have been no raises since 2007, not even cost of living. No temp employees converted to permanent, and it's been a revolving door for employees, especially management. The only reason they were able to hang onto enough personnel to close the doors is because they offered a severance package (only to full time employees) which was pay + bene's depending on the amount of years worked. Otherwise, it would have been a skeleton crew at best, as most would have jumped ship and the plants could not operate. We spent over a year in IT converting hardware, software, systems and databases to the Coty standard, and for what? Just a simple waste of time really.