Good starting point, but then move on! - Anonymous employee BAT Employee Review

2.0
27 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Big company, many different roles available, nice people, international offices, opportunities to move abroad. Nice benefits: shares, gym on site, bonus, private health, parking... Good starting point for someone to start a career, but gain experience and then move on if you want to develop your career and get pay well.

Cons

The company is more focused on save money and cut costs than provide a good service. Savings from the company has been done at expenses of the people. Limited opportunities for promotion as this is done based on seniority instead of performance. Salary reviews are not in line with good performance and are below the market (for that area). Very long hours and no reward.

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5.0
2 Oct 2025
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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

1.0
11 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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