Great start....horrible after the BAT tookover - werkgeversreview Senior Territory Manager bij BAT

1,0
29 sep 2022
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Flexible schedule, unlimited sick days, company car, cell phone and internet allowance.

Minpunten

The company will run you into the ground like you are a robot if you allow them. Constant tactical tasks make the job one that is not worthwhile. Initially the company was all about the people. Make the employees feel good and we will go above and beyond to provide sales because we love our jobs. They started focusing on money and company goals instead of the people, forcing in skus of cigarettes then pulling them the next year or instructing us to place them behind flip signs. Deceptively selling in New contracts making the owner seem like they are making money but then having them put all the money back into the category. Price increases were not a thing and now they happen 4 to 5 times a year to offset the losses of the reality that people are just not smoking. The new products we launch all seem like great ideas, vapes...horrible and they leak and the taste is subpar ( the only way we have "#1" title is because the government pulled all the flavors from JUUL but we are being slaughtered by the flavored disposables. Velo...a joke. So much of a joke that we went back to relaunching Snus. The list goes on with the ridiculous thoughts that go on with product launches, packaging changes and Constant resets that don't make sense. Putting Newport platinum in first position. Who and why would you think that's a good idea. Management oh I can write a book there. They will only favor the people who will brown nose. If you not ready to kiss some serious tail, then you won't make it in their inner circle. They do not care about the people, only hitting numbers by any means necessary. It has slowly became a company that I once enjoyed, loved working for and always defended. These days, It seems like they just make stuff up and pray for the best and have us doing busy work instead of actually being Sales people. Selling in products and analyzing business utilizing their sales was a great way to leverage the stores and gain long term commitments and partnerships. Now we dump product and reset the fixture each visit, the owners went from loving to see me come in to see how their store sales have increased to trying to immediately asking what am I going to change today and why did I force in all these products. In summary. The company only cares about their investors and share holders and will do whatever to get their numbers while running their people in the dirt.

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5,0
2 okt 2025
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Pluspunten

- 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

Minpunten

- Autonomy & freedom does leave time where you have to be self-motivated to keep going and push forward

1,0
11 mrt 2026
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Pluspunten

401k, Good deal of vacation time.

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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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