Pros
Manpower has amazing leadership training and has pretty good training overall. The company utilizes a 9 box philosophy, which works well, and is very open about how salaries are decided, which is wonderful. Each employee has a good understanding of how they can elevate their salary. The HR policies of the company are pretty exceptional.
Kontras
Manpower is not a fun place to work- the morale is not good overall, particularly in the US. The strategies are wrong- the managers are required to do too many non revenue generating activities so they struggle to be successful. The gap between branch managers and regional directors is too large- it is almost impossible to get promoted in this company. Even if someone did get promoted, the leadership is so weak that one would struggle if new to a position requiring development. Senior leaders are not client focused and rarely sell with the field- this is the first company in the staffing industry that I have seen run this way. Most senior leaders are so out of touch with the field and with what works- they are too wrapped up in their own corporate culture that they can't understand how to help make things better. The technology is WOEFULLY bad, particularly in comparison with their competition. The people in the company who provide service to the clients (and therefore the most important layer) are all very administrative and most of them are very low level in comparison to other companies in the industry. The training at this level is inadequate and there is no recognition or incentive given to this level. The politics beyond the branch level are not good- certain people are in and certain people are out, and very little of it has to do with performance.