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      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (3,463 total reviews)
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      Dave Lewis

      82% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

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      4.0

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      Diageo has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,463 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Diageo 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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      3K reviews
      2.0
      May 12, 2012

      Extremely top heavy and inexperienced management at local level

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      • Superb medical insurance, 100% employer paid premiums. • State off the art manufacturing facility • Stock options , profitable year after year • Employees have strong work ethics and believe in team work • Potential to become in the top 10 best place to work • Clean and safe maufacturing environment • Manufactures a product that is always in strong consumer demand

      Cons

      • Nano management, managers to hourly employee ratio very high • Blatant disregard and manipulation of collective bargaining agreements • 12 hour day/ night work shifts over 36 and 48 hour work week • Use of on call employees to supliment and displace regular workers • Nonexistent employee/ management dialog • Managers have little or no idustry specific experiance

      4.0
      May 3, 2012

      Good place to work

      Finance manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Interesting work, nice people to work with. Sometimes work/life balance is a challenge but overall nice place. The brands are fun and everyone is proud of the product we are working with. Each location has its own bar and Thursday happy hours are fun.

      Cons

      Headquartered in Norwalk. If you are a young person, it is not ideal area to work/live at. If you are a manager the promotion opportunities are limited due to limited number of director roles open. Take 3-5 years to move up.

      2.0
      Apr 30, 2012

      First line managers do all the work and get none of the credit, company held hostage by unions.

      Team leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is excellent. Annual bonuses are usually over 100%. Company is investing a lot in North American packaging upgrades which can be both a blessing and a curse. Better equipment requires less workforce. Liquor allowance. The company likes to hire young for 1st line managers.

      Cons

      Company is held hostage by the union, at least at the Baltimore facility. Impossible to get rid of less than stellar employees. Very little to no training for the equipment for operators and machinist. New equipment upkeep is poor. Team leaders do everything but get none of the credit for their work. I have yet to see a team leader promoted to the next level in the company as a result of good performance, and their are a lot of team leaders that deserve to be promoted to the next level. Work life balance is poor. Lines run three shifts all week including Saturdays. Team leaders have to work every other Saturday. Plant has said multiple times that production on the weekend is only going to last for a while. Three years later we are still running on the weekend.

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