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Treasury Wine Estates

Extremely poor industry reputation known to "chew people up and spit them out" 
Sub par pay  
CONSTANT reorgs + turnover = unreliable JOB SECURITY  
Lack of career advancement opportunities 
Lack of external career enrichment opportunities i.e. no budgets for professional networking organizations and events 
Inappropriate "duty of care" for internationally sponsored or relocated employees 
Poor management: high profile and expensive consultants called in every couple of years driving more change then the work force can legitimately handle  
Extremely toxic culture: aloof and out of touch top mgmt 
Lack of GENUINE recognition 
Forced vacation during holiday shut down 
Cheap employee wine allowance  
Unreliable/non existent data and reporting technology  
Senior level business objectives are not cascaded to working teams to allow for proper top down alignment/priority setting 
Supplier partnerships are not valued 
All in all- a very miserable and unnecessarily stressful environment


Arrogant bunch of managers who think the Australian way is the only way. Those who survive report back to the Australians behind your back. The politics are unbearable at times. You must always watch your back. Communications from the top down is often misrepresented. There is a culture of telling management what they want to hear, not what is actually happening. The production / packaging teams are forced to run their operations like the newest facility in Australia. The sad part is that the facilities in the U.S. are not designed to run 6500 gallon batches. To pull 6500 gallons from a 150,000 or 45,000 gallon tank causes a lot of extra and costly work, and packaging it in a facility where the fillers run 450 Bottles Per Minute bring a whole lot of complexity and costs to the work place. Working with this company led me to want to leave the Wine Industry for good.

After being told that the work climate is in a state of change for the better, I quickly found out that that is not the case. I witnessed nepotism, discrimination and many forms of favoritism. When I addressed them, as I was requested to do, my imediate superiors began to treat me differently, and started scheduling me extra days, and even falsifying reports as to my attendance. I was able to get positive results, better performance numbers and a more equipped team in 2 months of employment there than the manager who terminated me had in 3 years. I could finish my daily duties and start working on my peers projects in 8.5 hours, but the manager demanded I stay a minimum of 10 hours, in order to give the appearance to the director that "we" are fulfilling our obligations.

My experience with Treasury Wine Estates was extremely positive for the first 3 years I was there. Everyone had a job to do and you were left alone to complete the task. Groups and individuals were recognized for above average performance and the culture of the company was one of a family all working towards the same goal.

The company went through tremendous change over the past two years and as a result, a more corporate modeled structure was implemented where micro management and analysts were valued higher then sales experience and market relationships.

This place is laughable. If you care anything about your own wellbeing this is not the place. The organization is constantly re-organizing management and staff, and if you are not able to navigate through all the different egos and styles, you will be in jeopardy of losing your job, which has it's own stresses.

Classic cooperate winemaking. The place works off of recipes  and no winemaker ever needs to even walk in to the cellar. The new folks especially at Beringer just make wine from there computer screens upstairs rather than actually participate in the process.

Egos galore! With very little respect for the hardworking folks that actually do all the labor, 

Interns avoid this company like the plague, too much back-biting, and miserable people to make this a fun place to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
great exposure to the wine industry and a small step in the scientific area of wine. As chemistry student this did not give me an edge but struck more curiosity into the chemistry and science of how things effect wine.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
What the job demands is not too stressful and even peaceful at time if you like monotonous activity.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
fairly free and friendly, slightly fast pace if you are not personally on top of / aware of time.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
half of the day is spent by yourself the other half is spent prepping lab samples.

I worked at TWE for over 6-years, in that time I had 5 CEO's (and related C-level reports).  With each new CEO they have grand plans to change everythng (which is usually want the CEO before the last was doing).  I was contacted recently, asked to return as the Global Compliance, Process and Change Manager.  I was doing great work, making change.  Then the Director of the department I was in decided that the job was to be eliminated that others can/should pick up what I was doing (a knee jerk reaction to what I believe was pressure from above).  50+ hours a week is the norm (on the low side of norm).  Having said that, I have never worked with a better group of peers/co-workers.

I worked at  Treasury for over 5 years.  When I started I thought I landed in heaven. My superiors and co-workers were awesome then things began to change.  Outsiders were brought in at director and VP roles that were very negative and only wanted to lay off people.

The outsiders brought in their non performing friends to act as yes men and women.  With the constant pending layoffs everyone is afraid and always looking for another job. 

The damage has been done and it would take a miracle to right the ship at this point.  It's no secret that the company may be divided and sold off in pieces.

Poor management. No support. Upper management is too busy with personal projects/businesses to actually be physically present during the work day and fulfill their job duties. Good ole boys club. Poor direction, short term business strategy that’s unsustainable. Uneducated managers with no hands on experience. If your not Australian, your wasting your time trying to build a career at treasury. Worst reputation in the industry. Horrible work place environment and horrible employee  morale. Constant change in the wrong direction. They are milking the brands and ruining them in the process.

Pros:
*Good benefits that go beyond typical 401k match and health insurance.
*Interesting work given the size of the company with operations worldwide. Unique and prestigious brands are part of the portfolio.
*Good intentions - they are making efforts to provide the best compensation& benefits for their people
*Generally collaborative – most people are nice to work with and are responsive.

Cons:
*Unstable - It's not a good environment if you're looking for long-term stability unless you work in 1)HR or 2) Upper Management . Positions are frequently added/eliminated in rounds of layoffs. There's a feeling of unease on whether your team/department is next.


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