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"Work life balance is also great" (in 75 reviews)
"Good Pay and Benefits, Good People (for the most part)" (in 38 reviews)
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"Hours can be long sometimes making it tough for work/life balance" (in 49 reviews)
"With a declining industry they are steady taking things away" (in 35 reviews)
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"Company full of opportunity if you’re willing to work hard!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Opportunity, people, compensation, Professional Development
Cons
Challenging and fast paced environment- not a con for me but not for everyone
Advice to Management
Keep focusing on driving our culture forward focused on hiring and developing talent from all backgrounds while strengthening a high-performance culture focused on winning results.
Altria 2018-09-24 10:21 PDT Helpful (1)
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"Still a great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Can go as far as you want if you work hard
Cons
Currently lots of change. Not comfortable if you don't like lots of change.
Altria 2018-12-10 08:59 PSTHelpful (1)
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"good experience"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Payment is good in general. Work-life-balance is not bad.
Cons
controversial industry, FDA regulation makes it hard to grow. declining industry. Richmond doesn't have lots of job opportunities.
Altria 2019-01-14 07:07 PST![Altria Logo]()
"Territory Sales Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOPros
Autonomy, free car, make your own schedule
Cons
Have to drive everywhere to get to your store
Altria 2019-01-11 13:36 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Over good place to work but changing environment"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Altria full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
The company has excellent benefits and very good work life balance
Cons
Can be a bit "political" or "click" oriented, especially among lower level management.
Advice to Management
Take some time to actually get to know those who work for you.
Altria 2019-01-17 18:06 PST![Altria Logo]()
"Can't beat the experience"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great advancement opportunities. Amazing culture.
Cons
None I could think of.
Altria 2019-01-02 09:57 PST![Altria Logo]()
"Strong"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Great people and talent pool
Cons
Core business under pressure causes disruptions
Advice to Management
Become more nimble in changing market
Altria 2019-01-02 16:46 PSTHelpful (14)
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"Long-term Employee unhappy with direction"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Good pay, good people, good products
Cons
Too much focus on cost cutting measures
New CEO has lost the company tons of money and we’ll be going through our third restructuring in 4 yearsAdvice to Management
Get it right the first time. Your constant change is nauseating and it seems like you’re not sure of which direction you want to head.
Value your employees more. If you want to save money, cut some leadership from the top, not the people busting their butts.Altria 2018-12-27 04:12 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Good company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
pay, incentives, work-life, culture, people
Cons
Changing industry, restructures, negative thoughts of tobacco
Altria 2018-12-22 10:13 PSTHelpful (4)
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"Territory Sales Manager"
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Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Altria full-time
Pros
-Compensation & benefits for those just starting
-Good team environment, everyone is willing to help and share best practices
-Most managers in my experience seem qualified
-New CEO is aggressive and is making smart moves regarding future growth areasCons
-Rude & uneducated retailers that get more agitated by the month due to constant changes
-The amount of point of sale material sent to your residence is insane and growing
-Direction from HQ, Region, District, and Direct Manager all at once causes unnecessary stress and confusion
-Lack of communication between operating companies causes unnecessary extra work and hurts work-life balance
-Workload keeps increasing without a justifiable increase in pay
-Advancement seems based on race and sex before job performance at times
-Unequal compensation for those in high volume areas (greater workload and contribution) vs low volume areas (less responsibility but same pay)
-Pointless phone calls from upper management that take time away from the field and add to the TSMs workload to compensate for time missed from calls
-HQ seems out of touch from the field at timesAdvice to Management
-The salesforce is stretched thin, stop trying to force so many initiatives out at the same time, we also have regional, district, and local priorities that we are trying to accomplish
-Reorganize territories to distribute work evenly and efficiently
- Stop trying to force diversity down our throats, diversity of thought is one thing but pitting people against each other and favoring someone based on sex or skin color is wrong and sends conflicting messages
-Revisit and prioritize the accounts we are supposed to see, allow us to maximize our time spent in higher volume accounts where we can make an impact, eliminate the need to visit lower volume accounts that provide little to no business value and cause unnecessary headaches due to wasted time in these locations
-Strategically think and communicate on where to launch new products as opposed to just a blanket approach
-Reduce the amount of point of sale material when considering cost savings, there is no need to have so many different types of signs/clips/etcAltria 2018-12-27 05:00 PST
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