Danone Reviews

Pros

Flexi-time, fantastic building, free products and often participating in testing. Above all friendly people. I always felt happy and cheerful going to work and never felt depressed on Monday mornings. Excellent work- life balance

Cons

Pay is usually on the ( much ) lower end that other competitors

Pros

great culture flexible nice training opportunity global company

Cons

salary job opportunity process agile other reward

Pros

Can manage your own diary

Cons

Dwindling benefits 60hr weeks with no overtime payments Expected to travel to multiple training sessions at HQ in own time Wages extremely low compared with NHS Little chance of promotion, no pay scale No transparency with salaries- new starts salary are often the same as those with 5+ yrs experience Promoted "benefits" poor and add no real value Unrealistic goals to get bonus Top management dont have a clue what its like "on the factory floor" Job advertised as days, but expected to cover night shifts & weekends (and get paid less than minimum wage) Not allowed to be negative or give constructive criticism IT equipment / support poor Constant turnover of staff, so remaining nurses always under great pressure. Senior management dont seem to acknowledge this and keep piling on pressure. Targets rather than patient care Policies and procedures are ridiculous, and unworkable, and just their to protect the company should you make a mistake.

Pros

I used to think the values and purpose were great, but they are actually just a cynical marketing message, and maximising profit drives everything Opportunities to work with some well known brands, advise potential employees to get the experience and get out, there is no loyalty for anyone but self at Danone

Cons

Expectation for people to effectively work 2 + jobs for the salary of 1 GMs are weak and only driven by achieving their own numbers to achieve their massive personal bonuses Pumping billions of plastic water bottles, yogurt pots into the environment but refusing to contribute their financial fair share to create better U.K. and global systems Senior people have too much power to use the company’s money to drive their own personal agendas - not enough checks and balances in place Very little concern for the mental health of Danone employees. Again - great marketing messages and a huge internal industry to get employer recognition but the money spent on awards would be better spent on genuinely delivering quality services and support their people Some of the U.K. directors have too much power and the executive board in Paris seem oblivious to this, yet ask any senior person in the U.K. behind closed doors and the majority will agree