Cool company that gets their pound of flesh - Anonymous employee Diageo Employee Review

3.0
Aug 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great brands, some great people, highly sophisticated and futurist working practices. Great leadership training

Cons

Highly competitive, closed ranks at the top, it's not what you know or how good you are but how well you manage upwards. Salaries are not great - quite low compared to other big organisations.

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