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Anheuser-Busch InBev

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Anheuser-Busch InBev reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,555 total reviews)
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Michel Doukeris

75% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Anheuser-Busch InBev has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,555 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Anheuser-Busch InBev employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I loved my teammates and co-workers. We had a shared misery that we could embrace. 401k is good, 2 free cases of beer per month.

Cons

IF you only read one review before deciding to apply at AB, read this one. You will HATE it. Long hours, including evening and weekends. Each year they reduce benefits. No raises and difficult to achieve bonus plan. Inept managers. The top level people don't know what they are doing. They have no idea how to build brands or market products. All they do is acquire other successful brewers. Yearly layoffs don't help either. Again, avoid AB like the plague.

1.0
Oct 14, 2017

Manager

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay if you’re at the beginning of your career- around 20% above market rate. Promote young fresh grads very quickly.

Cons

If your LGBT or a minority, you can forget progressing your career here unless you’re part of their gmba or GMT program. I’ve witnessed so many minorities that were hired externally fired within a year and replaced with a GMBA or a GMT. It’s not a diversity friendly place and you can forget about family oriented culture (which does exist in other beer companies like Heineken) It’s a Brazilian /Caucasian good old boys club at the top. The only minorities you see that hold any sort of position came from their trainee programs. Work experience does not matter in terms of career progression especially if you care externally They also promoted their “holy” people very quickly - we are talking about a band level every 1.5 Years. People make the same mistakes over again and very little direction from so called “new management”. The company is large purely from acquisitions- shareholders really doubt if they can grow organically like other cpg companies. You can also forget work life balance- requests can come in Saturday at 11am the weekend of Labor Day and be expected to be done by 10am the day after Labor Day. Expect 60 hour work weeks to be the norm and don’t think you’ll be appreciated for it Moreover if you’re performing average and they don’t want you, they’ll find multitudes of reasons to push you out or move you to a role in a not so great location. Unless you’re in the Brazilian / good old boys club/ GMT/GMBA, I would stay clear. This place will suck you dry.

1.0
Jan 26, 2017

Awful - worst decision I have made in my career

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Decided to take a permanent role with ABInbev post SABMiller acquisition. There are plenty of opportunities at this company but the downsides outweigh any of the positives.

Cons

A bullying culture exists, with management through fear and humiliation (possibly something that may only exist in their Global IT organisation called solutions). No work life balance, excessive travel (which isn't a problem per se) but coupled with the most miserly of expense policies where employees have to dip into their own pocket certainly does not feel like your employer appreciates the significant time spent away from family. Many finance polices are ridiculous - no colour printing, 10 pages of printing/photocopying per month, buy your own laptop and phone etc.

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