Del Monte Foods Reviews

Pros

Del Monte has really wonderful management, they are run extremely well and employees are treated very well.

Cons

Most jobs are seasonal. Some of the front office staff can be difficult to work with, but I can understand since they have to deal with a lot of idiots on a regular basis.

Pros

Great heritage brands with lots of potential, smart and high-caliber people, great San Francisco location, competitive salary, and solid brand name for resume. New CEO is also a really good and personable guy, so there's hope that Del Monte might actually get better.

Cons

Total lack of brand building, constant fire drills and budget cuts, finance versus marketing focus, low employee morale, extremely limited career development and advancement opportunities, political in-fighting and bickering between VP's, need to be a total jerk and bully in order to get ahead. Also, absolute worst HR organization ever.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to people and trust them to do their jobs.
Start living the company's values of "Respect" and "Winning Together"
Get rid of the jerks and bullies
Start holding managers accountable for the development of their people.

Pros

Salary okay, pension week, other benefits okay

Cons

Do as I say not as I do mgmt
Rules do not apply to Sr Mgmt

Advice to Senior Management

If you want to use employees as stepping stones they will use you the same way

Pros

Salary and Benefits
Employees who want to contribute and make a difference

Cons

Incredible lack of leadership
Disrespect for employees contributions
Bullies run rampant
Lack of innovation
No clear cut strategy
No diversity particularly in management
Human resources is extremely weak and ineffective
No clearly defined processes and procedures

Advice to Senior Management

Step aside and allow some truly smart and experienced leaders take over

Pros

good access to the business management side of te business

Cons

not known as a consumer driven organization

Pros

Opportunities are endless. Also there are great firm to work with. Supervisors are very nice and do not micromanage at all

Cons

Sometimes the hours were a little stretched but they totally compensated well for that. Also sometimes there would be a slight disconnect between management and workers

Pros

San Francisco is fun place to work and live

Cons

Lack of communication, no clear goals outlined for employees, tons of corporate bureaucracy, low morale

Advice to Senior Management

No communication whatsoever between senior management and rest of employees

Pros

Great pay, great people, good professional experience

Cons

Lack of direction from upper management, everyone plays politics which impeeds getting things accomplished, upper management directs on a whim and isn't held accountable for failed projects.

Advice to Senior Management

Get it together! You are going to lose good people if the atmosphere doesn't change soon.

Pros

Downtown San Francisco location is a nice perk
Great people

Cons

No respect
No training or coaching
Hypocritical management
Finance-driven
Broken processes
Company has great brands, but too risk averse to do anything to help them realize their potential

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of management (Directors and above) who have been there for too long; you need new thinking to turnaround the business!

Pros

Their product base of food and pet meet the needs of people therefore, giving you a sense of job security.

Cons

Their systems are challenging to learn, their technology is not state of art, and their innovation on the consumer business is almost obsolete.

Advice to Senior Management

Acknowledge the individual contribution of a person, and their loyalty to the company,.
Make salaries more competitive.