Pros
I learned a lot at KC. There are a lot of opportunities to improve yourself as a professional and the people I worked with were great. I believe the compensation is also above average.
Cons
Kimberly Clark is better than most when it comes to promoting African Americans and people of color but in Finance they are lacking considerably. There is a clear unconscious bias towards people of color within Finance and I had a senior leader admit as much to me in a conversation. Finance is dominated by white men and there is virtually no representation at a leadership level when it comes to people of color and absolutely no representation when it comes to African Americans. There were a number of women in high level positions but they left during the restructure and were replaced with white men. Also, experience outside of KC from a Finance perspective is not valued. I applied for a job that would have been a promotion. I was told that I interviewed well but hadn't started my career at KC and therefore the role would not be offered to me even though I had several years of external experience. The role was given to a white male who was a level below me (2 level promotion for him) and the hiring manager offered a role to me reporting into the white male at a level lower than I was at. Finally, there is a lot of value placed on non value added presentations and managers and leaders that bloviate/pontificate at KC. Also simple processes at other companies are completely over complicated there. A lot of the systems are not what you would expect at a company so large. As an example, instead of using a known system like Hyperion for financial reporting, Anaplan is used which is more of data analytic software than it is a financial reporting package. Overall, if you are a minority or an external candidate at a manager level in Finance, I would avoid KC. Also, I would avoid roles that are not in a business unit. Central roles (GNW/Global Supply Chain) are not as respected.
