Danone reviews

3.9

76% would recommend to a friend

(2,226 total reviews)
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85% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Danone has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,226 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Danone employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Sep 8, 2023

Corporate hellhole

Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits. Free all-you-can eat Danone products. A lot of flexibility when it comes working schedule. You can climb the corporate ladder fairly quickly, but keep in mind that even if your title changes, it won't mean that you'll learn much or that the job you do will be all that different.

Cons

Way too much corporate banter, especially during townhall meetings and other team events. A lot of incompetent and generally toxic people with fancy titles, who are so full of themselves that it negatively affects the results of their team. But obviously, they are "never at fault" and always blame others. And the worst part - these people tend to promote/hire others that are just like them. Unnecessarily complex and outdated internal processes that no one fully understands. A lot of emphasis is put on hierarchy, which is also unnecessarily complex and just adds fire to the power-tripping that is already out of hand amongst far too many managers. Plenty of office politics and trash-talking behind people's backs (especially prevalent among leadership teams). On the surface though, they try to paint themselves as this wholesomely positive, we-are-a-family-here type of workplace, which they obviously don't live up to. TOO MANY UNNECESSARY MEETINGS, that are generally useless, unproductive and result in nothing. The company itself is very far from the wholesome, environment-friendly, people-loving business they portray themselves to be. You'll hear slogans such as "One planet, one health" thrown around everywhere, yet at the same time s very significant part of what they produce is extremely sugary dairy/plant-based products (not all that healthy as far as I know) and bottled water (last I heard, single-use plastic bottles aren't exactly friendly to the "one planet" that we have).

3.0
Aug 13, 2023

Getting less employee friendly

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice products, good purpose, good pension, good place to start career

Cons

Low salary, no/little growth opportunities, politics, hierarchical, workload, worsening employment conditions,

1.0
Apr 16, 2023

Avoid Avoid Avoid

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Zero pro’s in working here

Cons

Constantly lying to auditors in order to keep elevated status the place should be shut down. Bullying and harassment is the environment on this site, do as I say not as I do.

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