Beware if BAT acquire the company you work for... - Anonymous employee BAT Employee Review

1.0
28 Jul 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good perks, nights out etc (but not a fair trade for your job becoming unbearable) Good severance package

Cons

Don't understand the vaping market or consumers Too much ego/vanity tied up in Vype to invest elsewhere Good and hardworking staff run into the ground Redundancy process shambolic, still awaiting answers almost a month after finishing with emails being ignored or the buck passed if you do get a response Nobody takes responsibility Too large to be streamlined or agile, incredibly slow to get anything done Those who throw others under the bus get ahead, even if incompetent The more you do the more is expected of you but with staff levels slashed, not sustainable No support from management Profit over people Price loyal customers on fixed incomes out of using the products, used Brexit as an excuse when we were told by senior management it was purely to make more profit and costs hadn't increased.

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5.0
2 Oct 2025
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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
11 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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