Great place to start career - Anonymous employee BAT Employee Review

4.0
Mar 7, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is highly diverse and international, offering a dynamic, global work environment. There are great opportunities to advance your career, especially for those looking to build a broad skill set and become a generalist. With exposure to different areas of the business, employees can grow and gain valuable experience across various functions. The company also values talent and fosters an environment where hard work can lead to significant career progression.

Cons

One downside is that a lot of decision-making power is concentrated in the hands of senior leadership, making it difficult for employees at lower levels to influence major decisions. This can sometimes slow down processes and create a feeling of limited autonomy for those not in leadership positions. It can also be challenging for those wanting to make quicker changes or improvements within their specific roles.

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5.0
Oct 2, 2025
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Pros

- Complete autonomy with schedule which provides for a nice balance between work and personal life - Impact people who are trying to grow their careers - Company car and free* gas is pretty nice

Cons

- Autonomy & freedom does leave time where you have to be self-motivated to keep going and push forward

1.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

401k, Good deal of vacation time.

Cons

I truly miss working for RJReynolds! Even though its a very large company it still had that small close knit company feel. Now that BAT has taken over it is absolutely MISERABLE working here now. The plant has not shut down on a weekend since they took over and doesn't look like it will anymore as long as BAT is in control. All this company cares about is production and getting tobacco out the door. Employees get promoted to positions they no experience in and have no business at all in working in the positions. The moral is the worst I have ever seen it, you can look at coworkers faces and tell they aren't happy working here anymore. The production employees are miserable due to this plant never shutting down and always running. Work/life balance is very bad. BAT has zero care for American holidays, they wont think twice to "voluntell" employees they need to work on the holiday. Employees are scared to speak up and say anything. Management is all yes people and will not stand up for their employees. I have watched everything get progressively worse and worse as BAT continues running this company. This used to be a company that people enjoyed working until retirement and now its a company that works the employees into the ground.

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