Pros

Stability, location, company size, decent pay

Cons

Everything - stuffy culture, at the non management level ideas are not valued, LACK OF DIVERSITY IN THINKING, lack of support from upper level managment. Managers do not value employees as much as they should.

Advice to Senior Management

This company lacks diversity and is in need of a organizational development change strategy for to enhance the culutre of the organization. Managers are insensitive to diversity issues and the nature of the business produces many stereotypes regarding employee's sensitivity to diversity. The recuriting of Cargill at HBCU schools will not help make Cargill become a diverse organization. Diversity starts in the mind and thinking of the employees and is not solely in representation. I hope Cargill will catch on to this soon and be able to embrace diversity as well as other area Minneapolis companies such as General Mills and Target who do an excellent job in this area. Cargill is behind the times.

Pros

-Stable job
-Great benefits
-Will pay for outside courses for career development
-Very flexible working hours, Very easy to get time off, or set non-standard hours

Cons

-Very monotonous work, you will be doing the same thing day in and day out
-Pay is on the lower end of the scale for Winnipeg

Advice to Senior Management

-Make salaries competitive with the marketplace
-Have a better communication system in place, inform employees of changes and issues in a more timely manner

Pros

Great opportunites for professional development. Upper management posses a great deal of knowledge within the industry.

Cons

Management doesn’t show subordinates respect. Supervisor will often criticize work of others to improve his/her value for the company.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire qualified mangers to lead the organization.

Pros

Family-Oriented Organization Among Employees on the Job Site. A geat deal of cohesiveness as a team to achieve any job that needs to be done.
Respectful Group to Work With and Socialize With - which should be read as "highly respectful of a person as a person," without separation of race, creed, color, sexuality, etc..

Cons

Management hours can be very heavy. However, the workplace is highly inviting which makes your time there fun, and a positive part of your day.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing. Family atmosphere and hard work have developed into a group of workers that take pride in what they are doing.

Pros

Benefits are awesome
Not too stressful
Pretty friendly coworkers

Cons

Not a challenging environment
Sub-par infrastructure
Limited career choices

Advice to Senior Management

Bring in talent from better companies to light a candle and kick some ...

Pros

Great people.
The company looks good on resume.
You can be involved in quite different projects - many global.
Good place to get global experience.

Cons

Very little advancement, promotion, or recognition of individual talents.
It's who you know, not what you know.
Middle management has been promoted based on seniority and have very little mobility up or lateral.
I have seen one young individual contributer promoted into management in my 8 years, and I have changed two business units during my tenure.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire competent middle management. Promote within.

Pros

The money is great and the company offers a lot of days off for the chemist.

Cons

the 12 hours shifts put a negative toll on your body. plus the facility is open every day of the year. Managment really expects you to put your life on the line to make it to your 12hr shift.

Advice to Senior Management

management need to step up to the leadership role.

Pros

The only reason to work at Cargill would be stability. If you want a stable job with no potential for things to be done they way that they should be in IT, Cargill is a good place for you.

Cons

The middle management is only interested in padding their PMPs and will turn on their subordinates in a heartbeat.

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house on your middle managers, especially in GIHS.

Pros

The people at Cargill are awesome! They really care about you as a person and about your personal life. People really take an initiative to have a personal relationship with you in addition to a professional. Everyone is so nice and wants to help you succeed. Another good reason to work for Cargill is the promotion from within. You literally can work your way up and go in any direction you want. They will pay to send you to trainings and everyone is willing to share their knowledge. You can learn anything and go in a career path you never thought possible. Once you're in the door, the sky is the limit. Also, entry level pay is much higher than at other companies in the area.

Cons

They don't give good raises. The raises don't even cover the cost of living in most cases. An average raise is about $1000/year and with entry level pay going up almost every year, a chemist with experience who has gotten promotions is still making about the same as a new hire with no knowledge. You are not compensated for your time there or knowledge. In Quality Assurance you are looked at as a dime-a-dozen and you are replaceable. They don't pay what they should. Another downside is that starting out you have to work shift and they run short staffed a lot of the time. So you run your butt off for 12 hours that may or may not be during normal working hours. You have to spend anywhere from 1-5 years working shifts until you are promoted.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to compensate people. The entry pay is awesome, but then you don't move anywhere. I think if I would've started working at a different company for less pay...with raises, I would probably be making more money at that other company than I am at Cargill.

Pros

- Very stable company
- Worldwide opportunities
- Many opportunities across business units

Cons

- Private owned company (it may not be easy to get the big picture in terms of where the company is going)

Advice to Senior Management

- Keep giving constructive feedback