BAT reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,976 total reviews)
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Tadeu Marroco

88% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

BAT has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,976 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BAT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Produktion industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Sep 11, 2012

One place to be

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good working enviroment, competitive salaries, challenging place of work in every area, satisfied reward package, good oportunity for personal developement

Cons

the life work balence can suffer a lot of change (improvement), salaries should be calculated relating to market performance (profit) not related to geografical placement (e.g. East Europe);

3.0
Sep 7, 2012

Great Learning opportunity but eventually frustrating

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

* As a new joiner, you get great hands on exposure to the job through training and other on the job opportunities * Good processes and systems * Good job security; at least used to be when I was there. Lots of tolerance for poor performers and a reluctance to take adverse decisions on people * Good progression if you manage your perception and visibility * Good benefits

Cons

* Lots of politics and managing upwards. Careers, ratings and promotions are decided based on who is your "sponsor" and your "visibility" as opposed to your competence, capability or performance * No work / life balance. Not because there is any work (actually there isn't any) but because you are expected to stay long hours to create your visibility * Lots of incompetent and ego driven senior managers * Lack of ethical standards in quite a few businesses * Tobacco industry * Stagnant culture in the recent years with lots of good people leaving the organisation

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