Altria reviews

Leadership is out of touch and treat employees as widgets. Toxic work environment but benefits keep most of us working. Not a lot of room for growth and actual career development. The last 5 years have changed for the worst.

After grossly overpaying for 1/3 of JUUL, this company went off the deep end. First, the new management team gutted 20% of the organization. Then in 2020, Altria became very "woke" and extremely toxic. A ton of talent left (and the good ones continue to leave), and were replaced internally by less-experienced professionals since Altria cannot recruit good outside talent. Those who get promoted are the ones who will parrot company messages, not the ones who deliver business results or foster an actual culture of inclusion. The people who won't quit are directors and above, who generally lack the skills to perform in role but remain there because of office politics and not based on business results they deliver. What remained when I left was a cult-like attitude towards Inclusion and Diversity, general confusion on company direction, and a toxic culture. Robust discussions on business performance are rare. You aren't really held accountable to anything. Leaving was the best decision I made during my stint at this company.