Cargill Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Cargill

Pros – Long term view on the business

Cons – operations focused... not a marketing company

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cargill full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – People are good to work with and the company seems to care if the employees are engaged or not. I enjoyed working at Cargill.

Cons – Cargill might start you off with a pretty good salary - but they only increase your salary every three years at best. And there are very few bonuses.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Cargill full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Diversity of business and global span

Cons – Lack of effective IT mgmt, uncompetitive pay

Advice to Senior Management – Hire a true CIO

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Our culture is driven by values and principles which foster a high level of trust to its customers. The focus on doing the right things even if it means telling a customer bad news is refreshing. There is no tolerance for bad behaviors. The discipline applied to growing responsibly and protecting the safety of its employees are why the company has grown continuously.

Cons – Because there is so much concern for managing risk, it sometimes seem slow to adopt new technologies. There have been some concerns about secure work within the past 2 years, but the leaning down was necessary. There were some big projects that took a lot of strain on the bottom line, but the company learned and made changes when they were needed.

Advice to Senior Management – Stay true to values.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cargill full-time

Pros – Great resources and opportunties if you are willing to network and drive your own development.

Cons – the organization is slow to change. Can be a really tough culture to break into for mid-career hires.

Advice to Senior Management – walk the walk. The organization has a habit of committing to a lot of initiatives and then changing direction before completion.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Cargill

Pros – global reach, many businesses, flex arrangements

Cons – salaries not competitive, questionable promotions without expertise

Current Employee – been working at Cargill full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Most of my coworkers are easy to work with and most of them deliver desired results. The work is interesting and challenging. I suppose that's a pro for the work in general, not necessarily the job in this company in this location.

Cons – For the ones who don't do a good job - they get compensated and rewarded just the same as the people who perform at a high level. In general, the people who are good and who deliver results get annoyed, burned out, and frustrated. Top management makes decisions in a vacuum and they don't listen to the experienced people on their team. Compensation is much lower than comparable positions in our area. Salary increases are few and far between for people who are at the mid-point of their salary band. The logic is that no matter what your performance level is, if you're in the middle of your range you're too fairly compensated for a salary bump.

Advice to Senior Management – Do some fair salary assessments and raise salaries to really pay people fairly. Use performance management to fairly compensate people who deserve it and not reward people who don't deserve it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cargill full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexibility and commitment to improving their employees

Cons – Management can change roles quite often.

Advice to Senior Management – keep focused on the key goals

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Focus on development and controls

Cons – Lack of focus on improving efficiency

Advice to Senior Management – Investigate units with high turn over and investigate causes/invest in exit interviews to identify why talent is exiting

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Cargill full-time for more than a year

Pros – I really like my work group, they're genuine people and are motivated to help each other. It's not every man for himself. There is opportunity here to move around and try different things if you play your cards right.

Cons – The culture here is very focused on politics. To get hired, it really helps to know someone or to have some affiliation to Iowa State. Learn your corporate buzz words and you will advance quickly. Work/Life balance is very much up to the individual to enforce.

Advice to Senior Management – Ask the engineers before making big directional changes on whether or not it's going to be feasible to deliver a concept on budget and on time. We have been changing direction frequently.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend