Danone reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,219 total reviews)
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Antoine DE SAINT-AFFRIQUE

85% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Danone has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,219 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Danone 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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2K reviews
4.0
Aug 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Entrepreneurial, fast paced, big spender on employee training, global thinking with locally adapted solutions

Cons

The Group's priorities change a lot, depending on who is in charge. GMs are almost untouchable and get away with anything

2.0
Aug 14, 2015

French bias

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great open empowering culture. encourage people to take risks etc

Cons

only rise up if u are french. failed in asia as believed they know better than locals. its more about managing your boss than doing the actual work and networking. risk for returns is very short term and like to apply fresh dairy learnings across all sectors Your story in slides has to be grander than what u actually do - nobody cares about it. u succeed if u know the right people flip side of risktaking - every expat is 2 -3 assignment - so nos are moved and somebody else carries the can of cleaning it up salary and grading structures - not transparent and depends on how hard u negotiate

4.0
Oct 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Genuine interest in its people - Commitment to healthier consumer solutions - Tend to see the slightly longer term horizon - Can do culture for a largish company (ie fail or succeed fast) - Some genuinely visionary senior management - Employees get discounts on brands!

Cons

- Still very franco-centric - Silly seniority rules based on turn over of area of responsibility - makes it hard to get good people for new ventures or start up phase businesses - HR Banding system too limiting - Too Euro-centric still - Does not have real plan for next generation of healthy but enjoyable products - Does not really know what to do with its Nutricia business

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