Disappointing - Senior Manager Danone Employee Review

2.0
Jan 29, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting work, good pay and benefits. Opportunities to travel. Inspiring mission and vision. Some really great colleagues if you look hard enough.

Cons

Culture great if you’re young, free and single - not good if you have any other commitments. Best to be French if you’re really ambitious. Likes to think it is a flexible place to work but they don’t seem to have any idea about how to analyse a job role resulting in most people working much longer hours than they are paid for. Some of the businesses are held together by interns and the level of expertise and maturity in business decisions are alarming. Quite surprised that more people don’t leave with stress - perhaps this is why the teams are quite young - older people burn out and leave. Generally there is quite an Inconsistency in the treatment of people - some people are looked after much better than others. Too many public school educated, white upper middle class people employed - not at all representative of the UK.

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Cons

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Pros

Work-life balance exists and is generally respected. Bonuses can be good, depending on the year and leadership priorities. Strong, reputable brands that look impressive on a résumé. "Some" genuinely great people who work hard despite the environment.

Cons

No meritocracy whatsoever. Promotions and career growth are driven by favoritism, internal alliances, and visibility politics rather than performance or results. Advancement often feels like a popularity contest. “Core values” are largely performative. They are referenced often but ignored when inconvenient, especially at leadership levels. Questionable long-term strategy. Direction changes frequently, priorities shift without explanation, and long-term planning feels weak or reactive. Extremely bureaucratic. Simple decisions require excessive approvals, slowing execution and stifling innovation. Politics over performance. Success depends more on who you align with than what you deliver. If you're not "one of them" or if they don't want to continue paying you your value, they'll find ways to get rid of you. So choose wisely and research the role and team.

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