Cadbury Reviews

Pros

Leading FMCG company.
Good brand name

Cons

Kraft acquisition.
No clarity on roles now

Advice to Senior Management

Should give better direction to the employees

Pros

great people to great brands, fun place to work

Cons

too many re-org, lots of changes, opportunity to grow was limited

Pros

Company is more tolerant and soft towards employees with a cultural fabrc knitted into it. people ar not harsh in their day to day behaviour and managers are not bully type. People in general are respected as humans.

Cons

mangement is scary fo decisons and repsonsibility is pushed downa wards from the top. Lower work force is not aligned with mangement and the sam is not acceped as s aproblem resulting in every one downg the job 2-03 levels below and hence vaccum in liong term strategy. Decsions are adhoc and unplanned. Most importantly every one does the job of other person and takes pride rather than doing their own.

Advice to Senior Management

Complete revamping the system from the scratch and puuting system before the person in all repects. Stop personifying the success and failure. In good system , no one can perform badly and in same way in a bad system, no one can perform in a better way. Puuting very clear accountability and resposnisbility bot at the top and bottom as they are the back boen. Should have a control on work force at the bottom in terms of discipline and resposnisbility which absolutely non- exstent as of now and noone like to bell the cat and take the bull by horns. If it coninues, already on teh down path.

Pros

Great brands and great people

Cons

Can be 'too nice' at times

Advice to Senior Management

Good luck with the integration

Pros

T he company has a very good reputation,
Provide good training for staff,
The job is challenging
Encourage self development
Career progression is good

Cons

The job is very demanding and rigorous
Balancing work and family life can be difficult
Lots of procedures and processes

Advice to Senior Management

Can improve on communication to all members of staff
Involve a wide variety of representatives of all staff members in decision making

Pros

driven performance led culture. huge level of scope for progression both cross functionally and within function locally and internationally. high emphasis on leadership

Cons

By virtue of being a large organisation, decision making can often involve unnecessary meetings and stakeholder consultation, which in turn slows down decision making

Advice to Senior Management

continue to drive performance ethically. maintain the spirit and belief behind the brands; it is a major driver of people motivation and pride

Pros

reputation, scale, development all give cadbury an edge in talent recruitment. global role moves possible but getting harder due to emerging markets.

Cons

corporate identity preservation means decision making and reaction to change are slow and difficult to sustain. recent takeover by kraft creates uncertainty.

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure you identify key talent and experience during stabalisation to deliver results. Our futures depend on this as we are no longer the big fish.

Pros

nice people to work with. Work and life balance has been respected. People usually will stay there for many years without moving around.

Cons

do not encourage to take risks. People who is willing to take risks will find very difficult in the environment. Lack of motivation.

Advice to Senior Management

The leaders in this organization should move people around instead of letting them stay in one position too long. Don't do too much restructuring

Pros

- Treated Well
- Management will try to treat you well
- International moves are promoted
- Work life balance is promoted and achieved

Cons

- Pay is lower than similar business
- The business is over using its brand to recruit
- Middle management has remained static making it hard to gain promotion

Advice to Senior Management

Management should focus on selecting a single management model and then sticking with it. There are tow many poorly communicated models from the corporate group that are not implemented by the local businesses.

Pros

- Great fun to work on products that consumers love (everyone is always jealous when they find out).
- Great collegiate vibe overall between teams and departments.
- Generous salaries and financials compared to the market.

Cons

- Training and development opportunities not formalised.
- Parochial feel in Australia
- Many restructures in Australia in the last few years, leading to a "here we go again" mentality and diminishing enthusiasm for the job.
- No transparency in promotions

Advice to Senior Management

- Better communications to staff.
- Fewer restructures.
- More flexibility in moving staff across geographies.