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    Working at British American Tobacco

    4.084 ratings in total
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    98%
    Rate salary as high or average
    81%
    Employees recommend this employer to friends
    Work/Life balance
    3.5(84 ratings)
    Career development
    3.7(84 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    4.3(84 ratings)
    Management
    3.3(84 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.8(84 ratings)
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    1.0
    Executive
    Oct 2023
    Good Company but Bad Leadership
    The good things1. Good company benefits 2. Friendly colleagues and excellent facilities
    The challengesDepending on which team you are based in. The team that I was based in has to just follow what the leader wants. No empowerment at work. The leader kept changing direction and mind, which make it a waste of our effort and time at work.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Finance associate
    Aug 2023
    Petaling Jaya Selangor
    32 years gave me great experience and elevated me well in my career
    The good thingsFreedom through responsibilities and great mentoring from my peers gives me the challenge to progress well my working career
    The challengesThe challeges are like a stepping stone and this gives me to a driving factor push ourselves to trouble shoot issues through team work. This has given me an award as a Team Player.
    2 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Recruiter admin
    Dec 2022
    PenangLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good environment, and good salary
    The good thingsSalary quite high , good colleagues
    The challengesTravel a lot , need to know more places
    4.0
    Training and development
    May 2022
    Petaling Jaya SelangorLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great way to get working exposure
    The good thingsNice working hours, cohesive environment
    The challengesOverwork or stretching tasks
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Intern
    May 2022
    Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Good salary poor career development
    The good thingssalary, good location to work,
    The challengesbad team lead and superior. Only prioritize employee who talk more than actually do the work. Repeating job scope, nothing much to learn.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Sales Marketing
    Apr 2021
    Kuala Lumpur7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Great company that hv a good vision
    The good thingsGood benefits to staffs Provided car & insurance covering you & Family. Overseas holidays included once a year
    The challengesVolume pressure as usual & high expectations on performance in KPI
    1.0
    HR generalist
    Sep 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Not A Good Place To Experience Career
    The good thingsAlways encourage the employee to work better and provide necessary skills.
    The challengesThe top management did not know how to communicate and empowerment to the employee. No leadership.
    4 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Merchandiser
    Aug 2020
    former employee
    i’ve been working at many retail before including merchandiser distributor and also i have work as teammates also i try to learn something new to improve myself
    The good thingsi wanna guide myself to figure it out about knowledge in retail also like working in merchandise
    The challengesi was once assigned to cover some of several outlets based on a given assignment
    5.0
    Manager
    Aug 2020
    Good company as it has invest a lot on people development
    The good thingsCompany culture are good. There are plenty of opportunities to learn in this company as good learning ground for new recruits.
    The challengesEvery year day in day out having stretch target due to current illicit environment in this country.
    5.0
    Marketing
    Jul 2020
    5 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Good job and great experience
    The good thingsGood and great working with bat
    The challengesBest company in the world
    3.0
    Process specialist
    Jan 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Low opportunities
    The good thingsCan learn supply chain
    The challengesTeamwork and management
    5.0
    Corporate finance manager
    Dec 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    corporate & commercial strong sense to the business
    The good thingsthe fast pace and committed team
    The challengesif you not ready to contribute hardly survive
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Sales & marketing
    Nov 2019
    Do you want to know yourself
    The good thingsA big family, have a lot of chance to know more about "thinking society"
    The challengesNeed to put yourself to multitasking personal and thinking personal
    5.0
    Territory Sales Executive
    Sep 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Awesome!
    The good thingsDespite of the enforcement of prohibition on our goods. We did well to come through this challenge.
    The challengesChallenging part is to handle our own people :(
    4.0
    Territory executive
    Aug 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    A great experience to work here at BATM
    The good thingsIt's the people that make it enjoyable to work here.
    The challengesAlways have something new to do. Every month got new project.
    5.0
    Territory Trade Executive
    Jul 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Great benefit
    The good thingsFlexible and great benefit
    The challengesA lot of project and have to complete in one time
    5.0
    Executive
    May 2019
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Great working place
    The good thingsGreat teamwork, great benefit, great place for self development but lacking of career advancement opportunity
    The challengeslow career advancement opportunity
    4.0
    District sales manager
    May 2019
    MNC company
    The good thingsGood benefits Good benefits
    The challengesPolitical issues. Peoples who management are BOSS instead of leader.
    3.0
    Senior analyst
    Apr 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Okay okay only
    The good thingsWork from home
    The challengesThe keep changing Management
    4.0
    Executive
    Apr 2019
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Plan and execute marketing strategy within the territory through building strong business relationship
    The good thingsEvery day is different challenging and exciting. No two days are the same. My Job gives me the opportunity to have a positive impact on people's lives.
    The challengesEvery day is different challenging and exciting.
    5.0
    Territory Executive
    Mar 2019
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Marketing
    The good thingsVery challenging daily job task and weekly have projects on going.
    The challenges10 years working experience in tobacco industries in sales and marketing field on selling out and selling in tobacco products. Handle various project on any new tobacco launching successfully. Manage to handle salesman and monitor the sales and target given to every outlets. Also manage on merchandising unit to do display on tobacco products according company policy. Handle on tie-up contractual payment to outlet that have volume sales high and able to create PR to the retailers to protect on the merchandising unit due competition high on 2 major tobacco company. Able to adopt new territory area and manage to handle hard retailers. Handle on retail audits on every outlets and competitor intelligent or activities. Able to analyze sales figures and target given to salesman every week and how to much to achieve.
    6 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Brands
    Feb 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Long way to go.
    The good things•international •interactive with employees
    The challenges•levels of stakeholders management (hierarchy) •if you looking for fast pace environment , the kind of fast pace is different from the bright market. •Need to bring in more industry expert to refresh the skill sets and what’s happening outside from Tobacco.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Executive assistant
    Jan 2019
    7 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Manage stock in store. Have skill system SAP
    The good thingsHave many benefits, stronger company business and good team work.
    The challengesNew project for excellence .
    2.0
    Executive
    Sep 2018
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Poor culture
    The good thingsGood benefits, high pay
    The challengesPoor culture, bad direction from the company, no prioritisation
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Analyst
    Sep 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Best place to work for fresh graduate
    The good thingsThe culture here promotes great learning exposure for fresh graduates
    The challengesTas given might be a bit difficult to execute but it is still manageable
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Territory Executive
    Jul 2018
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    10 years
    The good thingsGood and friendly environment
    The challengesNeed to compete with competitor and also sales.
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Production executive
    Apr 2018
    Life in BAT
    The good thingsBenefits are good. Good career development opportunities are available.
    The challengesGet to meet a lot of people all over the world.
    5.0
    Intern
    Feb 2018
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great learning experience with good mentors who continously coached me.
    The good thingsMy senior/ internship supervisor was very helpful and gave me a very fruitful learning experience. I was exposed to many different tasks within the department which gave me a good spectacle on how the HR department works.
    The challengesI did not face any particular challenge as an Intern.
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Territory Executive
    Dec 2017
    9 to 10 years in the role, current employee
    Politically Challenged
    The good thingsAbove average salary as compared to many companies, you’ll learned how to be a “Yes” man attitude.
    The challengesYou must get into bosses’s favour in order to have a good career path ahead.
    5 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Process Specialist
    Dec 2017
    5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Great
    The good thingsGreat workplace, great providing benefit for employee. high salary
    The challengeswork very hard at this company
    1 person found this helpful
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