Hard to leave company - Project Manager BAT Employee Review

4.0
24 Dec 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Friendly and multicultural environment - People development is taken really seriously. You won't be stuck in the same position for more than 1-2 years specially when you are starting. - People training is very good, you have workshops at least once a year to improve individual or team performances. - Challenging industry, regulations change at least once a year and you need to reinvent your marketing strategy constantly. Thinking outside of the box will really help you. - Management Team is really flexible and you can always obtain permission for doing personal things - Very good year bonus for achieving company's objectives - Good Health Benefits - Gym discounts - Good location if you work for the southern cone area.

Cons

- Balance with personal life is not good at all. There is a bad inherited habit that is normal for people to stay until 7-8 or more and is considered acceptable. Besides there is always budget limitations for hiring more people. - Bureaucracy can be really tiring. People end up doing the same task 5 times because approvals are needed locally, regionally and globally. And of course all directors think differently. - This is not a very plannified company, changes are constant and people end up running all the time to achieve the same deadlines.

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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

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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