Pros
To be fair, a lot of people here are good. But theres some bad eggs that rot out the rest. Unfortunately good people aren't enough to save a toxic culture. The sites are good, and if you're sheltered in a team you might not be exposed to much toxicity as there's definitely some good leaders here. South Yarra offices are nice albeit way too small (see cons). Full kitchen, good food options around. Office building has good facilities. Other sites are getting refurbishments and are nice too. Some free products on occasion is nice. The good people here are passionate about what they do and it is great working with them.
Cons
- Severely lacking culture. Had a stint a few years back where it was good, but over the last year culture took a dive. On paper the culture seems like it should be good eg extra leave for longer term employees, leadership programs, reward platforms. But it's treated like a tick box exercise and a bandaid for the real problems. Preach their values like "We Care" but don't live them - Be wary of some leaders, as the toxic ones are good at hiding it when needed. Reach out to the team that works for them or around them to know if they're actually good (or even past employees). - Unstable, lots of change but no clear direction. Lots of people in the last year resigned. Also lots of redundancies across all roles. - Too focused on getting teams to spend endless hours each month doing town hall presentations for entertainment, detracting from allowing real work to get done - Staff in all teams are overworked, and with FMCG going the way it is will probably remain so for a few years with no guaranteed bonus given the difficulty in the FMCG market. Call themselves "start up with scale" which is code for "pays like a start-up, with the expectation to do the work of 3-4 people because there's no budget or resources". The earlier review reads like it was written by someone in management for that reason... - not enough desks in head office, especially for those based at other sites travelling in, yet they're pushing for a return to office mandate. Very small head office in South Yarra with only a couple of hot desks. Meeting rooms were converted to offices so they could add desk space, leaving not enough spaces for online or in person meetings (of which there's lots of given its a multi-site organisation). Makes for a very unpleasant experience in the office - say they invest in future leaders but saw heaps of their "future leaders" leave, get pushed out or passed up for promotion - pay not on par with similar sized FMCG companies Honestly, there's much better FMCG cultures out there. Unless you're desperate, look elsewhere. If you do join, be careful not to share any differing opinions to leadership, need to tow the line.