Philip Morris International Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Philip Morris International full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good pay, good benefits with still many employees striving to do a good job.

Cons – Lack of communication and/or proper communication with anyone below Director level. Still an old boy network in the tobacco business. Unrealistic expectations of employees.

Advice to Senior Management – You may want to actually mean it when you stress work life balance - not just as a slogan that sounds good. Also, re-think your employee evaluations - how can even the smallest department be required to continually have a bell curve distribution of talent year after year?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Philip Morris International full-time

Pros – I've seen more frivolous spending in the first 12 months at this company than I did in all of my previous companies combined. Want expensive business trips and fancy restaurants? This is your place.

Talent Management is rigorously (almost dogmatically) adhered to. Many times in order to rise in the company you have to be willing to up and move just about anywhere in the world, which is fine if you're a global nomad, but not if you want a family and any sense of community. There are many instances of inter-company relationships as a result.

Cons – Being a company that only makes one thing, and has been profitable for an eternity, has made this company complacent and ignorant to the reality -- working for a cigarette company, no matter what they pay, is never a nice thing to have to admit to yourself or anyone else around you. This breeds 2 kinds of people -- those who are at constant existential angst and always depressed; and those who have been there so long they've sold their soul. Don't be tempted by the golden handcuffs -- this place is a tough place to work and expects a lot of it's employees.

Turnover at PMI is EXTREMELY low, many people started at the factory floor and have worked their way up. They refer to it as a "family" like culture, which is probably more true than they'd like, as it has many characteristics of a dysfunctional family. Power and politics are the way decisions get made, and everyone seems afraid of guarding their turf or not pissing off their manager, or both.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognize that you are not capturing 60% of the active employee marketplace because of the product you make. Help new hires acclimate in a way that doesn't destroy their creativity as well as their sense of confidence. Stop expecting people to start all over again in a different country in 3 years time, it's not feasible or sustainable. And way too expensive. Give people a break - work life balance here sucks and not for any reason other than hubris and "busy work".

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Philip Morris International full-time for less than a year

Pros – Its name and its famous.. Good for one´s Cv, nothing else.

Cons – Control, Micromanaging, GPS location in every moment, even along weekends you have to be available for your clients and your manager who is asking and asking to do what he is uncapable to do, strong competency among coworkers, everything is allowed in order to get your targets... I´d not reccomened sensitive people to work at Philip Morris couse you´re killing people! smoke kills!

Advice to Senior Management – Do more and ask less, let your control out and be more confidence with your team.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Philip Morris International full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – good payee, no value for efforts, bias

Cons – worst management, worst worst worst management, no transparency, no value of resources

Advice to Senior Management – they should be more transperant

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Philip Morris International

Pros – some very pleasant people, pay , benefits, restaurant, fitness and good training opportunities

Cons – certain top management and their management members should not be allowed to interact with others, as they do not know the meaning of treating others with dignity and respect

Advice to Senior Management – when top management are aware that a new hire (for a top management position) has very appalling evaluation from his past employers, why hire him?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Philip Morris International

Pros – Good benefits, good salary comparing to others.Credibility of company's name in CV. Possibility to learn a lot, the system itself is very good a lot of staff has been reached in comparison to others. This is very positive.

Cons – Not promoting best people. Promoting and pushing only based on political friendships. Even if a promotion turns out to be a bad step - if manager or leader - there is never a plan B. It can not happen management would say - this was a terrible mistake. Even if the company has done big steps, and has done much more in its model as others, the potential is getting lost. So many things could be reached. Good people are leaving, where company invests much into juns, but does not support them/if they are not politically correct/to be seniors. So other companies get sens for free. Its a pity.
Furthermore, its a shame how some managers promote a recruitment agency, and employ people coming from that agency. Simply it can be called as Agency mafia.Very nice. Where is the giving space to best people motive in that one?

Advice to Senior Management – Well, focus on people, choose good people and stop being too political. Focus on job to be done, so that the company does not loose all its good employees. And sometimes it would be healthy to have a plan B, and not to be ashamed to say - well, this was a bad decision, lets try something better.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend