Danone reviews

Now cons, as you feel by now I am a little dissatisfied employee here and I make no other claim here. I joined Danone thinking of it as a high career growth company for a talented marketer (My previous career record did hint that I am :D), but it is not. Marketing role's significance is almost close to zero here. Finance decides even tiniest of the marketing initiatives, Medical, Legal, Regulatory decide what communication you can roll out, Operations decide what new product you can launch...So the nutshell you are a peon running from door to door to seek everyone's approval. At last place is full of mediocre people and also run by them, so no scope for top performers, top institute guys (Don't think you will make a cut among mediocres, we few did and have failed). Absolute no for FMCG guys, its a doctor business. Danone dairy , which is an fmcg setup, is too small to join in for a core FMCG person unless you are paid twice of your current pay.

In short- 1. Directors and senior leadership team , the majority of whom would never ever show integrity and support their subordinates. They changed their minds, changed direction. Everyone was so lost and unmotivated. Many people were leaving. 2. They verbally promote their CODE behaviours which include Openess and Honesty. This is laughable as they are anything but. Be prepared to be stabbed in the back. 3. Clarity. They had none during my time there. They had some amazing people working there such as ex Kraft, J&J, Unilever who had thrives in those businesses but once they got to Danone, they were treated badly- no integrity, no respect, no care. Many many people simply walked out, found other jobs or succumbed to stress.