Pros
Slow and steady private company. Family owned so there is no shareholders to please. Not an aggressive work work work culture that grinds you to the bone. Good people in many departments and some great brands in the US. Massive global scale which you would think would lead to opportunities. On par benefits to other CPG's but they felt like they were slipping a little.
Cons
Unfortunately the global takeover of the US businesses is starting to take its toll on performance and morale. Many of the recent business units were acquired from well known US CPG giants, and the good people that were valued American employees are long gone. The French infiltration of all leadership levels is causing swirl, distrust and poor morale. There are levels on levels here with more people inserted who have zero idea what they are doing. A good number of these people are completely out of their league, hard to work with, and are not competent enough for a very dynamic US marketplace. The most recent top executive based in South America, has a huge ego and was causing mass chaos at every turn. For such a big company now, opportunities are very limited if not impossible. Really important departments have always been extremely lean, so new roles are hard to come by. Despite being pretty big, all of the core businesses are separated from each other so there is little opportunity for movement between them. They grow through acquisition, but the more recent big purchases are not doing very well and were not really set up for success. Also the pay is meh, there are no stock options or any other type of extra compensation like other big CPG's. There is just one bonus and if the business does poorly you can get very little.