Avoid like COVID! - Manager BAT Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They have this desks which you can put up and down.

Cons

Bulling is the second name of the culture in BAT. People are humiliated, mistreated, and unappreciated. There're leadership absence and very concerning culture gap. They moved people from countries like Malaysia, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela to the HQ and gave them leadership positions without preparing them for cultural differences and teaching them British and European values. It results in the culture of bullying and treating people like slaves. Moreover, their business model is far from ideal. They're completely not ready for the market shift and product pipeline change. Imagine rusty mad man sitting in the old chair, smoking cigar and claiming that the world outside is as cheesy as his mindset. That's BAT. Without modern, effective WoW, processes and governance in place. Without transparency, open communication. People are promoted because they are the part of the cliques or are easy to control, not because they are competent and successful in their roles. Learning is a insult in BAT. Toxic politics is the king. If you're desperate and lacking basic intelligence you should definitely apply to BAT! Wise and intelligent people are escaping the boat now so there'll be some free vacancies very soon.

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5.0
Oct 2, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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

1.0
Mar 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

401k, Good deal of vacation time.

Cons

I truly miss working for RJReynolds! Even though its a very large company it still had that small close knit company feel. Now that BAT has taken over it is absolutely MISERABLE working here now. The plant has not shut down on a weekend since they took over and doesn't look like it will anymore as long as BAT is in control. All this company cares about is production and getting tobacco out the door. Employees get promoted to positions they no experience in and have no business at all in working in the positions. The moral is the worst I have ever seen it, you can look at coworkers faces and tell they aren't happy working here anymore. The production employees are miserable due to this plant never shutting down and always running. Work/life balance is very bad. BAT has zero care for American holidays, they wont think twice to "voluntell" employees they need to work on the holiday. Employees are scared to speak up and say anything. Management is all yes people and will not stand up for their employees. I have watched everything get progressively worse and worse as BAT continues running this company. This used to be a company that people enjoyed working until retirement and now its a company that works the employees into the ground.

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