Pros
Amazing brands with big A&P budgets. Great culture (friendly people, flexible working, great parental leave). Good benefits and salary. Very creative environment to work and a great place to build your creative excellence.
Cons
Leadership The standard of leadership is quite poor - don't expect a coaching culture. If you want to be seen as a talented employee, you need to be able to play the political game, build relationships with the right people and agree with whatever they say. A large portion of senior leaders have gotten to where they are because of their ability to play the game, not because they are experts in their field. This is the foundation of why Diageo is so bad at execution of plans. Values Sad to say, the company values are just some words on a website, they are not practiced or enforced. There is a lot of poor behaviour from senior leaders that goes against Diageo's values but goes ignored (bullying, favouritism and neglecting team members). Global Culture The Diageo culture I mention in the 'pro list' above, sadly is for the UK only. The business has not succeeded in embedding the UK culture in all markets. If I had to rate the Diageo USA or Africa cultures, it would be a different story.
