Strong culture and positive work environment - Innovation Manager Diageo Employee Review

4.0
17 May 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Brilliant team culture, lots of excellent out of work activities, free booze, learning and development opportunities, cross functional working opportunities. Benefits and share packages are really strong. Work is in an interesting and dynamic market, great culture about improving and progressing instilled in the organisation.

Cons

You can sometimes feel like a tiny cog in a huge machine and it can feel quite hierarchical. Although they are a global business they are not great at moving people between regions/functions, decision making is slow and clunky, pay is relatively low for the sector. There is a poor culture around meetings and emails and often you spend more time answering emails and running to unnecessary meetings than anything else.

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Diageo Response
7y
Hello there, Thank you for leaving such an in-depth and helpful review. I think your Pros section sums up nicely some of the best aspects of working at Diageo - and I certainly will pass on your comments in regards to the Cons. Thanks, Joshua

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