Danone reviews

Marketing teams at both global and regional levels are extremely weak. Little to no support in terms of marketing strategy, positioning and guidelines. If you come from an FMCG with established marketing practices and ways of working, this place will frustrate you. Great brands but with no strong direction and follow through from global, things get lost along the way. Most initiatives are local led hence domestic teams are overloaded. Innovation is weak. Compensation is not on par. HR does a poor job of on-boarding, happens once every quarter. If you miss it when you join, be prepared to be lost for the next few months. Career development is slow and non existent. Speed at which you are promoted will depend heavily on whether you are French.

Expectation for people to effectively work 2 + jobs for the salary of 1 GMs are weak and only driven by achieving their own numbers to achieve their massive personal bonuses Pumping billions of plastic water bottles, yogurt pots into the environment but refusing to contribute their financial fair share to create better U.K. and global systems Senior people have too much power to use the company’s money to drive their own personal agendas - not enough checks and balances in place Very little concern for the mental health of Danone employees. Again - great marketing messages and a huge internal industry to get employer recognition but the money spent on awards would be better spent on genuinely delivering quality services and support their people Some of the U.K. directors have too much power and the executive board in Paris seem oblivious to this, yet ask any senior person in the U.K. behind closed doors and the majority will agree