Campbell Soup Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits and balance, work hours

Cons – Constant re-orgs, they don't give time for you to even see what transpired of the last one.
Constant politics, nepotism runs deep. Top management has no clue who actually does the work. They promote based on who they like not who does the hard work.

Advice to Senior Management – Be transparent with the employees instead of trying to hide what is coming

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup

Pros – Good pay and benefits. Iconic brands.

Cons – Extremely political, very focused on who you know...no expertise required

Advice to Senior Management – Try to be more inclusive of different ideas, styles. Attempt to elevate the talent by hiring people who actually know what they are doing. Don't make success a moving target...learn to set, communicate and maintain appropriate expectations. Seek to understand the cultural biases that inhibit the success of people who do not fit the Campbell mode and treat EVERYONE respectfully and fair.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup for more than 3 years

Pros – good exposure to food industry

Cons – very ugly politics
fake american company, china-man mindset!
tiring and demanding, it's normal to work OT while your bosses go back SHARP at 6pm
super super lousy benefit package, no dental coverage
very stressful and it's normal to work on public holidays and weekends!
super bad HR department with dirty politics
super dirty production floor i swear i won't buy their products!

Advice to Senior Management – continue your dirty politics and you will be successful in becoming Saddam Hussein

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – My fellow workers and the benefits.

Cons – It’s to the point where I am afraid to come to work. I think it’s just a matter of time before somebody goes postal. The management – especially in Cherry Hill – is so unbelievably unfair and unreasonable that you just can’t win. A blind man can see what’s going on yet nothing changes. Good people have left the organization, voiced their reasons during their exit interviews and nobody does anything to make things better for those of us who are stuck here. Great employees are getting bad reviews – and the reasons are ridiculous. Some people aren’t even given reasons why they get bad reviews. “You said something that somebody didn’t like but I can’t tell you what it was.” One comment negates an entire year of blood, sweat and tears – not to mention completely wipes away any self-esteem we have left. I used to love my job but now I hate coming to work every day. No matter what I do, it’s never enough. We are all felt to feel completely worthless. I wish I could get another job but, without a degree, I know I can’t. So they just keep beating us down and making us feel horrible. My customers like me, my sales people like me, my colleagues like me – but I keep getting bad reviews. And for stupid reasons. I come in early, stay late and work through lunch but it doesn't matter. It never used to be like this.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The soup sells itself but despite that Progresso and Private Label have taken over as the leaders of the soup world and Campbell Soup is merely a commodity now

Cons – Campbell Soup is a PR nightmare. The Human Resources department is more concerned with looking politically correct than getting any results. This has lead to incompetent persons heading up most departments including the CEO who was given the role because she is a woman. She had screwed up major company installation attempts with SAP software and yet because she talked the talk and had the look was promoted. The HR department is very involved in reviewing executives when they have no idea what the skill set is that is needed in the role. They are more concerned with having people who look the right way (but God forbid if you are overweight in this company or a bit alternative, you will go NOWHERE fast. If you are someone thinking of leaving your high flying early career to come to Campbell Soup my advice is a strong DON'T. Campbell Soup can never develop talent from within and the furthest you will go is a boring middle management job where you will constantly watch your back. Layoffs happen every six months and usually start with those are can not fit the cookie cutter boring approach. The stock is doomed as weill be your career.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire everyone in Human Resources right now. Bring in Business Persons to run the company. Develop people from within. Get my stock options out from being underwater the past ten years you pathetic slugs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup

Pros – Have some really knowledgeable people who hands are tied.

Cons – Lack of true leadership or support. No trust for the leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of the leadership who is taking the operation down for both plants.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup

Pros – The pay is excellent. There is now free soup on Fridays. Most employees really seem to be proud of the work they do and the food we make. Doug Conant is a great leader.

Cons – Most managers care only about getting Gallup scores up. It's impossible, not everything can be a "5" and employees are pushed with extra work in the form of Gallup teams to get scores up .2. The manager in our small department we liken to an abusive relationship. Nothing is good enough, but when she needs something or the rest of the company is watching, she has nothing but good things to say about us. I'm tire of the fakeness and hypocracy.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire from the outside more. Get your technology up to speed. Scrap Gallup - it's a joke. Most people give 5 just to get their managers off their backs. There are fundamental reasons why I can't do my best work every day, and a Gallup committee of 3 assistants aren't going to be able to change that.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup

Pros – Brand name so it will look good on paper. However, aside from that I don't see any other pros.

Cons – Way too much politics. There is more politics than actual work being done. Management intimidates the staff if there are any low engagement Gallup scores. They basically make your life difficult until you give them a high score. Management is highly incompetent, they lack any type of business skills. From inserting a column in Excel to using a blackberry. These are just two examples of simple office skills that Managers lack!!!

Advice to Senior Management – Stop intimidating employees. If you get low engagement Gallup scores then perhaps instead of blaming the employees you should focus your attention on Management and see why employees are truely unhappy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup

Pros – Most of the people in middle management and staff roles are outstanding resources and genuine people. Working for an icon brand looks good on a resume, but, as others have mentioned, the price is quite high.

Cons – Senior leadership is either completely out of touch with what really happens within working groups or they simply don't care. Expressing opinions, even when accurate and well-founded, will land you with a negative label. If you want to work here, it's best not to have an opinion and not to expect to be valued, despite the company's "Valuing People" campaign.

Advice to Senior Management – Please wake up. Your employee satisfaction scores are not reliable because employees fear offering real opinions. With so many good products and an outstanding brand reputation, you'd do well to focus for awhile and what's really going on with the workforce. Many people are seriously unhappy but feel trapped into staying.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for less than a year

Pros – compensation; benefits; co-workers; good experience

Cons – cut throat culture; decentralized environment

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend