Brown-Forman Reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(654 total reviews)
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Lawson Whiting

46% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Brown-Forman has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 654 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brown-Forman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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654 reviews
1.0
29 Sept 2021

Fake leadership that dont live the brand values of authenticity

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great brands. People that work there are great people! Flexible workplace in terms of days working from home

Cons

Australian leadership lacks authenticity and vision. HR department has zero care on company culture. Zero career progression - expectation that you do the job and do it well but don't value you enough to invest in you or promote you to the next role, after achieving success in your current role!! The Australian leadership team has zero trust in peoples ability to do their job and wants to micromanage everything.

1.0
25 Sept 2021
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I have nothing good to say about this company. Even the Scotches are sub-par.

Cons

Brown Forman Australia is fake - fake experiences - fake people - fake management - fake empathy - fake care. Brown-Forman Australian is political, backstabbing, and toxic. So much so that any constructive feedback you have must be carefully constructed because the moment you say something HR Leadership doesn't like, you're added to their blacklist. I can recall one HR Leader describing events that took play over 5 years ago and they're waiting for an opportunity to move that person out. HR at Brown-Forman is toxic. HR Leaderships approach is "it's you, not me" sets the tone and it feels like you're walking on eggshells. I can recall HR Leadership telling staff that low (and continually declining engagement results) is their fault, not managements. I have never worked in an environment as political, as cold, as backstabbing, as disingenuous, as Brown Forman, and nor have a seen a HR team behave in a way that goes against every core value you could have as a human being. I wish I could say that my experience was a once off, but it's not. I genuinely believe that Brown Forman was once a great company; however, they have lost their way and tolerate toxic leaders who purposely go out of their way to ensure they create awful experiences for employees - these collective experiences of Brown-Forman Australia are a black, permanent, stain.

1.0
9 Sept 2022
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Pros

Technology was something they invested in

Cons

A pen of lazy, narcissistic, backstabbing vipers. Long timers are on island time and they should all just be put out to pasture. Not a culture encouraging accountability or a growth mentality so most felt threatened.

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