Hi, has anyone here worked at L'Oreal in Damansara Uptown before? Can share ur experience? How is it in terms of pay, working hours, working conditions etc.? Thx!

Part time or full time ?

Not sure about the pay buy the working condition is very good ...

I have a friend who is still working in L'Oreal.. U intend to enter as freshie or middle-level staff? If freshie, from what I heard from my friend, is u work late most of the time. Paywise not sure, they change year after year. Working conditions... Well... you feel beautiful, you feel sexy and you feel attractive... (working around with beautiful people - that whats my friend convey to me).

I'm going in as a full-time freshie...What division is ur fren in? Roughly what does he/she mean by late? If finish around 8-9pm everyday, thn it's OK....But if everyday 1am thn... .

Eyeball: Can elaborate more about the working conditions? Why do u say it's good?


Thx all!!

Working with beautiful ppl give motivation i guess...hahaha

About the part "beautitul people around", i can clarify it's true.
My friend's friend work there before, lot of .....beauty girl, she told me.......

Ahahah, tht'll be good for the guys I guess but I'm a girl!! Later give me low self-esteem instead

Anyone else knows anything about working for L'Oreal?

^^ HAHHAHAHA Low self-esteem lol..

Don't worry, think; Birds of the same feather flock together =).

You'll be fine =)

Well my fren is in Mabelline or Maybelline.. something sound like that... Never good wif female products name.. And she's travelling around the world..

Ohh, a lot of travelling? Must b in marketing thn...how often does she travel?

Thx for the encouragement

hi. i'm in L'Oreal. What other things you want to ask me?
Yes working environment is good. we have a rather flat org. if you're in sales/marketing, it's very performance based. if you perform you can move up very fast.



This post has been edited by pickles: Nov 3 2006, 06:50 PM

Hello there,as I know I think there are three main divisions right? Why don't you state which division will you be joining and the specific details of what you really want to know,and I'll get my mom to answer your questions for you since she's been with L`Oreal for the past 15 years or so =)

yes right 3 main division. CPD, LPD and PPD.
oh who is your mom? 15 years... from CPD?

PPD,her name is Veronica Lim =)

wah..so many uptown kakis...
me too work in uptown but not for l'oreal..

what i see is that..most of the employees there has lotsa make-ups on them..female i mean..

I bet that you are pretty ... Everyone works inside L'Oreal is pretty ...

It is a very beautiful office with good lightings and nice colleagues (I guess).

If they are offering you, go for it, dont wait.

yup nice office as we just renovated it. we occupied the top 2 floors of uptown 2.

pickles, which division are you in ?

I did my internship with MIS. then after grad i start with CPD.

Hi pickles, what role r u performing at L'Oreal? I'm interested in knowing the job scope for marketing ie., does it just involve sales? Or do u get to do stuff like brand management, designing advertising n promotions activities etc.? What r the factors tht makes u say the working environment is good?Is it true u get to travel all over the world for marketing? What r the work hours like? And what's starting pay for fresh grad? Aiks, sorry so many questions....

Err I haven't been offered, only at interview stage Just would like to learn as much about the company as I can. Besides my above questions, I would also like to know if its very hard to get in? What kind of ppl are they looking for? Wow ur mom has been thr for 15 yrs, must b a good company

i'm in merchandising, which is also a subset of marketing as i'm reporting to a marketing manager. the marketing job in loreal is quite operational. as majority of the stuff has been set at the zone level. so most of the time is to execute it. yes of course you'll be doing brand management but at a smaller scale, not so much on the design advertising as most has been set by the zone and all you need is to do a minor tweak and localize, promotion activities i'll assume is on ground activities, yes of course. as a fresh grad, i guess you'll come in as management trainee. and if you want to do marketing, you'll have to go thru a 6 months of sales.

working environment is good as it's a very flat organization. my manager+3 is already the country manager. everything is very dynamic and fast pace. which is a total opposite of US style very structured company like P&G.

yes marketing people tends to travel more. but of course depends what level you're. a product exec of course will only get to travel for smaller scale meeting than a marketing manager. i've been travel a lot since this year. start with bkk, hk, indonesia and singapore for meeting and training.

as working hour people tends to stay quite late. the norm is 10-12 hrs.

the management trainee starting pay is 2.5k

it's not easy to get into loreal. a 4 flat result does not mean anything, it just to get notice and an opportunity for interview. what we really look for is the personality and whether your profile fit in the company. you'll have lots of interview up to the country manager level, so do expect 3-4 interviews.

Thx very much!!! Tht was very informative Just curious, whn u travel for L'Oreal, usually how long are u outstation? A few weeks?

depends.
BKK was 4D3N meeting
HK was 4D3N meeting
indonesia was 6D5N training
SG was 3D2N meeting

Pickles, really need your help here

Im being offered an internship role in loreal this December
However, at the same time, im also being offered an internship role in General Electric

Can u tell me more bout ur internship experience with loreal
for example, what u do, what u learn, what can i expect from this internship
and anything relevant and attractive that u feel might be of interest

Apart from that, talking bout ur current working life in loreal
how is the average salary for normal workers in loreal???
is it really hard to get into loreal???
what time is ur normal working hours in loreal???

last but not least, does any1 know how to get to uptown from subang apart from driving???
the only way i found is by sitting 2 rapid kl busses to reach uptown
anyother ways anyone???

thanks a million

well i was in MIS, so what i most appreciate is to get to know almost all the employees in the office. know what they do and understand each function in every dept. give me a very clear idea what i want to do in future.

i would say our basic is not as competitive as the industry. however with added value such as the staff purchase, incentive trip, etc etc... it total up to be a very good package.

there's no hard and easy, it just that whether your profile fits our culture. for me i normally reach office around 8.45 and leave around 7 or 8.

thanks for the reply

btw, may i know what is MIS?? Marketing Information System???

which part of merchandising are u in now??? which division and product???

what are the dress code for work in loreal as when i went for interview, i was suprised that i was the only one in tie

haha

i ahve friend still working there
they pay 60 for freshie
but den wrk till very late
n it sucks
cos i know middle management ppl as well

MIS - Mgmt Info Sys aka IT Dept

What do u mean which part of merchandising. i'm in CPD, doing merchandising for Maybelline & Garnier

Mon-Thu formal. Friday casual

wow, sounds great working with L'Oreal
what else department they have?
i'm a Chemistry and biology fresh grad...
any work is suitable ya?
but i guess all their R&D will be done at overseas is it?
i'm very into this cosmetics and skin care stuff, really hope to find job in this field, i think i will really enjoy working with all these company, can anybody let me know whether they need ppl grad from my field?

Oh yeah, 1 more things, what's the management trainee about ya?
have to possess degree in marketing field or any field also can?

This post has been edited by sinyee1017: Nov 13 2006, 06:37 PM

Pickles, or anyone who knows, hope u can answer my question. If ur in marketing division for L'Oreal, will u be based mainly in the office or will u be out of the office most of the time eg. meeting client, suppliers etc.? Cuz I don't have my own car so might b a problem if have to travel around a lot....But i'm planning to get a car soon Thx for your reply!!

well u need one. if u want to be in marketingas as a mgmt trainee, u have to do sales for at least 3 months.

Thx for ur prompt reply, pickles!! How does the sales part work? Is it travelling as part of a sales team to visit hair salons or retailers etc? If so, hopefully can car pool? How about after the 3 months of sales is over - when doing the marketing itself, do u have to travel around a lot? Cuz I can't get my car so soon...

Pickles? Or anybody?

doing sales in car pool?! you must be kidding.
of course you're travelling alone.

Icic....Thx very much for the info!

i have been offered as a management trainee for credit management..how do u all think abt loreal?? can i know how's th salary increment?? izzit low?? do u all think it is a friendly environment company to join with?? sorry again, wat is the normal workin hours if do not hav overtime??

Hi juliet, when will u be starting? What is their starting pay? Also mind describing a bit about the interview process? Is it hard? And what is ur background - degree in finance?

From what i've heard, average working hours will be around 8pm, sometimes 9pm. Credit mgmt have to travel a bit I think, to visit ur customers. Tht's all i know, hope it helps!

off topic. pickles, perhaps we can have dim sum breakfast someday... i'm working in uptown 1

Hi guys,

can I have more information about Loreal? Their culture and workign environment? Is the company a good company to join?

please read the earlier post... it's all been explained

I wish to get a job in Loreal, anyone had any experience with this ? Where do you apply?

i've a fren and a fellow forumer. he says da place is a sweat house at least for IT personnel

I'm a marketing and management graduate though not sure whether things there are the same =) if they ever call me up for interview ... I HOPE ... Wanna work with FMCG company, especially those company that I think I'll be able to grow, like Loreal part of it it's bcos I have the passion for beauty industry next is because I like the culture there ..

what is the full name of department CPD, LPD and PPD?
L'oreal got recruit management trainee?
if got, which department to work in?

This post has been edited by yoongkeen: May 5 2008, 10:37 PM

I always saw Loreal got hire Trade Marketing Executive, Retail Manager and Product Executive. If its a good company , why always got staff resign ?

and What is the working hour for retail manager ?? n usually how long their work on weekend ?

well even the best companies in the world have turnover.

anyway, where do loreal advertise their vacancies? i have never came across any of it

i have work as a vendor for loreal for more than 2 yrs and quite close with the operation team. from the support to the counters.......some is true but some is not really tat true. wait till u hear the behind story.....haha.......

Hi, Loreal only hire people who possess at least Degree ?how about Diploma?