The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

"Estee Lauder is a good place to start your career."

"Be prepared - both literally and figuratively. This company doesn't accept unavoidable mistakes. And lose the ego. Everyone here is smart and impressive. "

"working here as a woman, i feel discriminated against. Seems like only a specific race and gender get ahead, regardless of experience. It's more of a who you know culture."

"This is a great company with amazing brands, high level talent, and so many job opportunities."

"Great culture but compensation not as high as other competitors."

"It is an energetic dynamic results driven company that employees many women and offers great benefits. However work life balance is challenging, and very dependant on philosphy of your direct manager. "

"Definitely a female friendly organization. We have many females in high-level positions, and most of our employees are female!"

"Can be a great place, depends on who you report to"

"Wonder opportunities, but only certain areas allow for work from home/partial work from home possibilities."

"I have been working for Estee Lauder for almost 5 years and have just returned from 12 weeks maternity leave. Benefits are good but not overreaching. Nothing is exceptional or special. Being a company started by a woman it surprises me that their benefits are at the minimum. Estee Lauder certainly has a lot of work to do if they want to be considered a top company to work for. However, the heart of the people are wonderful. This company is full of lovely, caring souls."

"Transition back from maternity leave is poor"

"This is a female-dominated working environment so I feel women and men are treated equally (if women are not treated better.) The leadership is predominantly women; they understand very well women's needs and also less likely to hold stereotypes against women."

"I've worked here for almost 15 years and there are a lot of women working here, and are generally given same opportunities are treated fairly. While maternity leave is generous here I think women are judged harshly by some colleagues and managers for taking the full time. Overall that family friendly environment is gone and women who choose to put in more time with their families and leave at 5-6 pm are definitely given the cold shoulder and put at a disadvantage. Often feeling pressured into situations for fear that they will be singled out as not doing their share or blamed for things not getting done."