A strong company with a friendly culture - Finance Analyst BAT Employee Review

4.0
18 Feb 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Friendly culture - Good compensation and benefits - Global opportunities (if you know the right people...) - Emphasis on personal / professional development - Very strong company performance, sound financials

Cons

- Politics! Promotions and career moves largely a result of personal networks and "visibility" rather than competence and performance - Senior management often very egotistical, and can be arrogant - When things go wrong the blame is put on junior managers; success is attributed to senior managers and directors

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5.0
2 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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

2.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very strong compensation package, lots of very nice genuine people on the Reynolds US side

Cons

Toxic, politically charged environment, cliques of people each trying to place their own people in roles. A singular mis-trust and dislike of "outside" people who are brought in to move the company forward but the existing people who have worked there for years and years are all trying to protect and sustain their own roles and their own cliques. All show and pretty presentations but no meaningful, meaty strategy

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