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Why working at RB is like a thrilling white knuckle ride!

I think it's fair to say that RB is different.
Certainly it is the most successful consumer goods company of the decade; and probably it’s the most demanding, international and fast paced.
Not just anyone can work here, in fact it takes a certain type of person to thrive at RB. And not everyone will stay, but while you’re here you’ll be making consumer products history.

In an article just published in the Harvard Business Review, my boss Bart Becht talks about what makes RB tick – what makes RB really quite different from anywhere else I have ever experienced.

And when friends ask me what it's like working here I describe it as like driving a Lotus 7 racing car: Dead simple, all engine and no frills - and quite a white knuckle ride!
You know you’re going to go fast, but quite how fast is up to you and how hard you press on the gas. And if you go too fast and slip and skid, it’s down to you to do a nifty manoeuvre to get it back on track and keep racing.

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Andraea Dawson-Shepherd

Name: Andraea
Nationality: British
Where I work for at RB: Global Director Corporate Communication & Affairs
Career: Andraea joined Reckitt Benckiser in March 2008 from Cadbury Schweppes plc where she was Head of Global Corporate Communication and had accountability for the corporate brand agenda. Prior to this she was in consultancy in corporate affairs, communication and change management and has experience from globally companies in the FMCG, Financial and Services sectors.

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