General Mills Reviews in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Area

Pros

Great people, work/life balance, fun and exciting environment, career opportunities, fair compensation, outstanding benefits, great location, intellectually challenging, fast paced.

Cons

There really are very few downsides of working at General Mills. The average tenure is high so promotion timing is a little delayed but it's well worth it.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the great work at making General Mills a preferred employer and a leader in the packaged food industry.

Pros

Smart, capable people in a fun environment working to make General Mills a success.

Cons

GMI is also a very large organization of about 30,000 employees. you could get lost in the fray.

Pros

Great work environment, extensive benefits and career dev. training, talented dedicated employees.

Cons

Highly matrixed organization, but is effective is minimizing silos.

Pros

Great brands
Great co-workers (extremely bright and talented across all functions)
Great compensation over time
Organization has positive intent and truly cares about employees
Highly ethical
Very strong executive leadership

Cons

Tendency to mold people to majority style
Longer path to promotion than peers
Minnesota nice, passive aggresive culture, and resulting lack of transparency in performance, potential, or promotion

Advice to Senior Management

Dont travel the country and globe to hire the best and the brightest talent only to mold them into one style and keep them backlogged in thier path to promotion. We're a top tier performer as is, imagine the possibilities if we could truly unleash the potential of all team members

Pros

Very ethical company, great opportunities for learning and advancement, great benefits. Progresive company that do what they say and believe in hiring the very best and supporting them with all the tools they need to succeed.

Cons

None that I can find

Pros

Highly Educated Peers
Work/Life Balance
Challenging Work

Cons

Generally conservative decision making
Matrix organization

Pros

Phenomenal coworkers
Strong development focus, supported by culture and resources
Strong support of diversity and inclusion
Respect for work/life balance
Many great leaders
Opportunity to grow and move to new positions (even new functions) throughout career if you're performing well

Cons

Decisions can take too long
The way you present yourself to certain people can be almost as important as what you contribute to the business

Pros

Great people - smart, hard-working, respectful
Ethical people - never feel like I would be asked to do something that isn't "right"
Beautiful corporate campus
SUPER about work-life balance concerns - - extrememly flexible

Cons

It can be tough to get promoted once you hit senior manager level

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doint what you're doing - - it's a great place to work!

Pros

Smart, nice People
Challenging brands
Cutting edge methodologies
Great benefits
Competitive pay
Campus emmenities like Drs office, dry cleaner, salon

Cons

Can be too big at times
Not always open to change the way things are done
Pretty cut-throat with the marketers (It's either you move up fast our you move out just as fast)

Pros

General Mills "walks the walk". Excellent career development, great leaders at both the corporate and manufacturing facilities, superior work-life balance, and senior leaders who are not only easily accessible, but who listen and recognize outstanding performance.

Employees - Virtually everyone is top notch and brings something to the table
Ethics/Integrity - General Mills jealously guards their reputation and is highly ethical
Products - Great products with a focus on making them healthier
Community - Give back is an understatement
Pay/Benefits - On par, if not better, than peer CPG companies
Senior Leaders- World-class, always available, hires the best
Continuing education - GMI offers classes internally as well as supports their employees taking external classes
Respect - Leaders/managers respect and recognize the hard work of their employees
Productivity - The company continues to increase productivity without reducing headcount
Pension - GMI is one of the few companies left that continue to offer full retirement pensions on top of a matching 401k
HQ - Full service cafe, Caribou, salon, on-site fitness, coffee, healthy snack bar, lectures from world renown experts in all fields, beautiful campus

Cons

Really no downsides. I have read other reviews and the common "con" theme is the promotional process. Yes, it can be frustrating and can be political, but all in all, there are a limited number of positions the higher your level which can limit those that deserve to be at higher salary grades who are not. The grass always looks greeener on the other side. I've know many who leave the company for a $20,000 bump in salary and end up coming back because the the grass really wasn't greener.

Other: Conference rooms can be very difficult to find last minute. However, the large seating in the cafeteria is always available and ample.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work. Continue to hire the best - Leaders not managers. Address the promotional process in a candid and frank manner, even if it is what employees already know but don't want to hear.