Del Monte Foods – “Acceptable place to work but lots of room for improvement.”

Pros

• Great locations
• Great products
• Stable company
• Huge potential

Cons

• Lack of innovation
• Finance-driven
• Too many meetings
• Micro-management
• Lack of diversity in upper management

Advice to Senior Management

• Hire talented/experienced people and trust them to do their jobs.
• Invest in your people first and foremost and the productivity/profits will come naturally.
• Take a genuine interest in the well-being of employees. Put more emphasis on work/life balance and employee development.
• Foster greater innovation, creativity and risk taking. Allow mistakes.
• Share economic success equitably at all levels.