Political and male-biased working environment - Anonymous employee BAT Employee Review

2.0
Jul 22, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good pay and bonus, and a good work life balance. Share scheme is a good perk. Really good people to work with (outside of senior management).

Cons

Promotion opportunities are rare and when they do happen they're based on political alliances and personal motivations rather than merit. Also, if you're female forget it as you'll rarely get above a certain level. Senior management rarely communicate anything meaningful beyond company platitudes. Constant restructuring and budget cutting.

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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

2.0
May 11, 2026
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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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