Does Diageo pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Diageo employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Diageo. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Diageo?

70% of Diageo employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Diageo 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Diageo?

Manager (84) , Project Manager (59) , Brand Manager (57) , Finance Manager (49) , Senior Manager (48) , Analyst (45) , Marketing (38) , Sales Executive (34) , Assistant Manager (32) , Sales Representative (31) , Financial Analyst (30) , Sales Manager (28) , Business Analyst (26) , Intern (26) , Senior Associate (26)

What are the pros of working at Diageo according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are good and motivated" ((in 299 reviews)); "Some great people and leaders" ((in 280 reviews)); "Great culture and organisation with a real focus on people development and learning" ((in 247 reviews)); "Good Work life balance if you are not very ambitious" ((in 188 reviews)); "Good pay and pensions now" ((in 93 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Diageo according to real employee reviews?

"Low salary if you want move up on the carrier ledger you wont get much more either" ((in 135 reviews)); "Poor Management Follow a quota system for hiring versus merit Stripped all the sales incentive bonuses over the 7 year period" ((in 119 reviews)); "Senior leadership can’t make decisions and are out of touch with the changing landscape" ((in 58 reviews)); "Some of f the Senior Managers out their depth and unable to make decisions that are required timely." ((in 42 reviews)); "Long hours and a challenging role" ((in 39 reviews))

What are employees saying about Diageo layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Diageo layoffs and their outlook for job security at Diageo in 2026.

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3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(3,463 total reviews)

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

3.0

Jan 25, 2012

Fun products but disorganized management and silo'd

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Pros

fun products great brands flexibile work arrangements, abbreviated fridays; work from home when appropriate entreprenuerial enviroment for those that don't need much training or direction bright and energetic employees

Cons

routine and excessive re-orgs and layoffs consultants are embedded in the leadership priorities are unclear and change often values are written down but not practised

4.0

Jan 14, 2012

Diageo India: Lots of opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Growing company, global heritage, great brands, lots of passion, great salary and compensation. Despite global heritage, company is a challenger so lots of innovation, new ways to tackle market place issues which makes it exciting

Cons

Low tolerance of ambiguity, hectic targets. Given the nature of business in India, senior management sometimes try to shy away from ambiguity rather than embrace it. This also impacts expecations

2.0

Jan 13, 2012

Diageo India clearly lacks leadership and vision at all levels, the employees turnover (attrition rate) is very high

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Salaries to begin with only. Good Brands

Cons

Poor leadership in India Favoritism in promotion Poor direction Lots of corruption by sales in dealing with customers-misappropriation of funds in civil and defence businesses. Poor HR practices-untrained and inexperienced HR managers in job. Poor annual increments. Poor systems.

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Fun products but disorganized management and silo'd

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Diageo India clearly lacks leadership and vision at all levels, the employees turnover (attrition rate) is very high

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