General Mills Reviews in Minneapolis, MN

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

Pros – Great to be a part of a company that isnt afraid to publicly embrace inclusiveness.

Cons – Career growth can tend to be a little too path-driven. Sometimes hard to transfer crossfunctionally.

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

Former Employee – worked at General Mills full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Salary & Benefits, flexible work schedule, excellent upper management, well respected brands, fun environment at times.

Cons – Director / VP level people average, recent focus on cost cutting and off shoring, lack of project prioritization.

Advice to Senior Management – How important are the employees in Minneapolis?

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

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

Pros – Great benefits, workplace ameneties, discounts, etc. Good emphasis on employee health and wellness. Great oppotunities for new grads from prestigious schools.

Cons – Decisions begin made by upper levels without knowledge of how things really work. Politics and who-likes-who plays too big a role in promotions, etc than high quality of work. Too much outsourcing to contractors and moving jobs internally to India.

Advice to Senior Management – Instead of trying to get people to improve on their "weaknesses", take better advantage of their strengths. Look beyond someone's history to their accomplishments and interests.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Good work life balance, good benefits, great facilities, outstanding people to work with.

Cons – Very slow career growth (in R&D), below industry median compensation, conservative culture, averse to taking risks and still a Mid-western company vs. a Global company. Marketing oriented company, technical strenghts not valued as much.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to get really global (mindset), reward all employees at industry levels, not just marketing personell.

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

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

Pros – General Mills has amazing benefits and so many added little perks, such as an on-site salon, gym, mechanic, etc.

Cons – It seems internal positions are often filled with outside applicants. Current management could do a better job at reaching out to hiring managers on behalf of their employees.

Advice to Senior Management – Please take some time to invest in your current employees and what avenues are available to help them further their career.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at General Mills full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – -Top CPG company, one of the most respected in the United States
-Excellent training ground, learning the fundamentals of building a brand and running a business
-Lots of career opportunities for development
-High caliber senior management and colleagues
-Good compensation, large part of it is equity

Cons – -Up or out culture
-Weak international recognition
-Weak work / life balance

Advice to Senior Management – -Per above

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Overall great training ground for business, marketing, and consumer insights
Strong Marketing and Consumer Insights capabilities
Many opportunities for development/training
Opportunity to work with very smart, friendly people

Cons – Very poor work/life balance, even though the company will emphasize otherwise (i.e. in addition to excelling in your job, you will be expected to be involved with various committees and extracurricular activities to move up/be considered for promotion)
Insular culture
Eternal optimism can be a blinder to reality
Location, Location, Location: Minnesota

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at General Mills part-time

Pros – Excellent culture. Very smart people you work with. Family Oriented. Excellent work life balance. I really couldn't ask for more from GMI. Benefits are top notch.

The thing that kept me coming back to General Mills are the people, there is a General Mills personality that makes people want to be there. After being there for so long, it is extremely easy to make good friends at work.

Cons – I was not passionate about working with cereal and food products in general. However, I loved the people I worked with, so this was not a huge issue.

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

Former Employee – worked at General Mills full-time for more than a year

Pros – Some of the brightest people I have worked with.

Cons – Waaaay to political. Managers will have their peers attempt at setting you up, just to see if you support your boss or not. Some are very savvy and it's an easy trap to fall into. If you want to excel, have your ideas respected, don't want to play little political games and want to speak your mind, don't work here. And God help you if you're a Conservative. These folks, especially as of late and their backing of same sex marriage with ostracize you in a second if you don't play the "divwersity" game. I made the mistake of saying I'm not for diversity. Diversity gets no one anywhere, just gives the company warm fuzzy's and a great review in the paper. I'm for individual accomplishment and achievement, not advancement because of diversity, which is funny. This company, like all others, toes the line saying "we don't discriminate by gender, race, sexual orientation" blah blah, but exactly how discriminatory is it to promote someone BECAUSE of those factors and that person isn't qualified. Glad I left...

Advice to Senior Management – Quit playing games, provide a path, knock off the PC crap.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – good work-life balance, competitive pay, nice office.

Cons – The majority of the advancement opportunities are continually hand fed to a select few people. Either be one of the chosen ones or plan to get dumped on again and again. Oddly enough, the few people that seemed to get all the handouts also had a parent working in senior leadership. Funny how that works, huh?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend