Is Danone a good company to work for?

Danone has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 7,234 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 88% of employees would recommend working at Danone to a friend and 63% 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 4.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Danone. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Danone?

88% 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 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Danone?

Brand Manager (88) , Estagiário (87) , Intern (83) , Project Manager (76) , Internship (72) , Manager (66) , Promotor De Vendas (64) , Gerente (57) , Stagiaire (53) , 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?

"The culture and environment are good and feel like family." ((in 211 reviews)); "Great teams and people to work with" ((in 157 reviews)); "Flexible and provides good benefits" ((in 129 reviews)); "good work life balance if you are very efficient" ((in 109 reviews)); "Good salary and other economic bennefits" ((in 101 reviews))

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

"A lot of restructuration Poor management" ((in 94 reviews)); "Lack of leadership at top management level" ((in 30 reviews)); "long hours in the hot sun" ((in 21 reviews)); "of office work, late working hours" ((in 16 reviews)); "No diversity" ((in 10 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 Danone locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Gif , Limonest , Palaiseau , Lyon , Rueil-Malmaison , Paris , Lille , Volvic , Saint-Ouen , Rungis

Danone reviews

4.1

88% would recommend to a friend

(1,519 total reviews)

Antoine DE SAINT-AFFRIQUE

89% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Compensation and benefits

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.7

Senior management

3.7

Career opportunities

Danone has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,519 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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

3.0

Mar 28, 2019

Great place to learn, you can do a lot but there are no process. Its a bit mess

Brand director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Empowerment, opportunities, flexible structure, no global mandatories

Cons

Not very clear the criteria to growth

Danone Response

7y

Thank you for taking your time to write your opinion about Danone. I am happy to read that you acknowledge the opportunities and empowerment at Danone. We work every day to be as efficient and transparent as possible while including all needed stakeholders in decision making. We acknowledge that we didn’t find the perfect balance yet, although we are aiming this every day. Sometimes this approach is a big strenght of Danone, sometimes it creates problems. We continuously are looking for the right balance between freedom for creativity, flexibility and processes. Thank you once again for this feedback.

5.0

Mar 27, 2019

Very good benefit and work like in our family

Human resources business partner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Humanis, health, good development, career path ok

Cons

Ready for new challenge and innovation

Danone Response

7y

Dear former Employee, we are very thankful for your positive feedback. We wish you all the best for your future!

4.0

Mar 26, 2019

Revenue Growth Management

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working People focused culture

Cons

Lack of structure and processes Limited prioritisation Often changes in strategy ( one day forcus on profit, next on net sales) Lower Avg pay vs. rest of the market

Danone Response

7y

Dear Employee, thank you very much for your feedback. We take the health and wellbeing of our employees seriously and we want our programs to resonate with this mission. We are very happy to see that you as an employee value this at Danone! We are aware of the fact that we are not the most process oriented company. However, it never should be the case that you had a feeling of disorganization. We continuously are looking for the right balance between freedom for creativity, agility and processes. Once again thank you for taking your time to give us feedback. We wish you all the best for your future!

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ALTERNANCE – Communication Interne – Septembre 2026 (H/F)

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Internship – Finance Transformation Team Intern – September 2026 (4 month) (M/F)

ALTERNANCE - Droit social & Relations sociales - Septembre 2026 - (H/F)

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ALTERNANCE - HRBP R&I - Septembre 2026 (H/F)

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Great place to learn, you can do a lot but there are no process. Its a bit mess

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