This/You/We are a Joke - Staff Psychiatrist Reynolds American Employee Review

1.0
Aug 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They've made it easier to not defend working for a tobacco company.

Cons

A commitment to diversity is a joke. With the latest round of layoffs, the company got much less diverse. I'm terms of thought, race, orientation, and sex. The work load is not only impossible but makes no sense. The only folks that rise to the top are liars, fakes, lazy employees, master manipulators, or sociopaths willing to sacrifice their entire life to the game. Regardless of the role, much of your day is talking people of the ledge. Whether it be buyers, cycle planners, retailers, TMs, peers... managing the suck is exhausting and you never succeed HR is non-existent. HQ budgets are mismanaged as the priorities are always changing and either we need to spend now or we don't have enough. Not a solvent budgeting process. Hard work and results does nothing for you or your career. Lack of respect and appreciation at all levels. BAT has failed the Leader Meter. Finally, they don't give a crap. Cut the Crap, you don't Guy and Jorge. Paying interns and employees to post positive reviews has not and will not work. Compensation is a murky backroom deal like much of the company's international business. BAT has historically demonstrated they can't run the US business. They are doubling down on those things which didn't work, which makes them yes idiots. Layoffs have been and will be a norm. No sense of security which drives the worst politics and behavior

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Reynolds American Response
4y
Thank you for taking the time to write a review. Creating a culture of diversity and inclusion is one of our top priorities. To maintain the continuous progress we’re making, we have set bold, new diversity and inclusion ambitions. By 2025, we aim to reach gender parity in management roles and to significantly increase minority representation in management and senior management roles.

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Pros

People were great, pay was great, they really wanted to help you learn and build professional skills

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Ethics issues working for a company that makes harmful products

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Reynolds American Response
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We appreciate your review, and are glad to hear you enjoyed the people, and opportunities to grow your career.
2.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

Great compensation package, some very nice, decent people, but counterbalanced by some complete lunatics

Cons

Extremely political and toxic environment, massive lack of diversity and especially now that they don't "need" to do it anymore, you can see true colors coming out. Advancement and performance is dependent on who you know. No meaningful feedback on how to improve and what actually needs to be done. A tendency to love bright shiny objects and pretty presentation decks, but no real meaningful strategy. And they do not seem to even know themselves what they want, which makes delivering at a high level very challenging. Current CEO is doing a good job I think but he has no idea of the layers of toxicity underneath. I also get a sense that current results are being propped up by people who are on the verge of retirement and will never find another job outside the industry - therefore trying to maximise the most they can out of the next few years with no view to what will happen 5 or 10 years down the road.

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