Is Danone a good company to work for?

Danone has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 7,258 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 89% of employees would recommend working at Danone to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Danone have been left by employees working as Stagiaire , Chef De Marché and Chef De Produits .

Does Danone pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Danone employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Danone. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Danone?

89% of Danone employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Danone 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Danone?

Brand Manager (88) , Estagiário (87) , Intern (83) , Project Manager (76) , Internship (72) , Manager (67) , Promotor De Vendas (64) , Gerente (57) , Stagiaire (54) , Analista (51) , Marketing (36) , Analista Pleno (35) , Analyst (35) , Key Account Manager (33) , Analista Júnior (31)

What are the pros of working at Danone according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and values." ((in 216 reviews)); "Great people and teams to work with." ((in 160 reviews)); "Flexible and provides good benefits" ((in 140 reviews)); "good work life balance if you are very efficient" ((in 116 reviews)); "Good salary and other economic bennefits" ((in 102 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Danone according to real employee reviews?

"A lot of restructuration Poor management" ((in 96 reviews)); "manager took 4 hollidays in 6 months of my contract" ((in 31 reviews)); "union, forced overtime, bad leadership, favoritism" ((in 30 reviews)); "long hours in the hot sun" ((in 23 reviews)); "Not really good career path" ((in 18 reviews))

What are employees saying about Danone layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Danone layoffs and their outlook for job security at Danone in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Danone locations?

Paris , Rueil-Malmaison , Saint-Ouen , Lyon , Palaiseau , Limonest , Rungis , Évian , Gif , Lille , Volvic , Rennes , Marseille , Clermont-Ferrand , Strasbourg , Ferrières , Saint-Galmier , Villefranche , Nice , Massy , Steenvoorde , Villecomtal-sur-Arros , Marne-la-Vallee , Paris-l'Hôpital , Metz , Nantes , Saclay , Brive , Reims , Nancy

Danone reviews

4.1

89% would recommend to a friend

(1,527 total reviews)

Antoine DE SAINT-AFFRIQUE

89% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Danone has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,527 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Danone employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Industrie manufacturière industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews

4.0

Feb 24, 2014

Great experience to learn to multitask and work in a stressful environment

Assistant brand manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great working conditions, professionalism, good payment.

Cons

However, due to specification of the product line of the company working mode is always in an extreme rush, incredibly short deadlines, high stress level.

4.0

Sep 27, 2013

Danone is a Company where you can have freedom to take decisions. Very nice environment

Human resources director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

freedom to act, matrix structure, nice products (health related), people oriented. Social responsibility projects, relationship between all divisions , shared services department,

Cons

Compensation - gap between Directors vs other levels, very focused on the Dairy division, office location (Avenida Paulista), lack of common procedures for all divisions, different benefits

4.0

Sep 19, 2013

Great Experience, Nice work life balance

District manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Work life balance Strong base salary and aggressive bonus potential Networking opportunities Not micro managed Great benefits-ipad, laptop, cell phone and care expensed

Cons

Frequent lay offs "what have you done for me lately" management approach Poor coaching/training & development

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