Good benefits, bad pay - Anonymous employee Diageo Employee Review

2.0
8 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Fun, young, plenty of events with cocktail bars, nice facilities. Loads of vacation days, staff shop allowance etc.

Cons

Politics, bonus was related to performance review which was a joke and depended on if your manager (or often theirs) at the time liked you or not. Terrible pay for lower band levels and never received a decent raise in the 5 years I worked there.

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