Heinz Reviews

Pros

Internship program is designed to benefit the interns, not just the organization. GREAT resume builder. Well-paid considering the circumstances. Get to meet a lot of people and explore the non-profit industry. A lot of freedom to be creative. Enjoyed going to work every day. A decent amount of travel around Pittsburgh is involved.

Cons

Not always enough room for interns so some have to work at satellite offices. It is easy to go unnoticed because there are so many interns.

Pros

Good pay and benefits
Room for opportunity

Cons

Bad project management of SAP implentation.
Lack of new product innovation, and US growth

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees; keep them happy by finding what they want to do and where they want to go. Don't decide for them.

Pros

Quality of Company, experience in managing yourself, account and the business

Cons

To cloak and dagger all business was done on a need to know unless you were part of the exec team

Pros

Flexible on work times, huge amounts of responsibility that results in tons of learning, the name carries weight on a resume

Cons

Very unstructured on why certain people get promoted, no concrete numbers that tie performance to pay and/or job level, no clear division between junior and senior level salaries. Heinz has a mentality that the employees owe the company something purely because of the name brand Heinz; it's a one way street since they can find people to work for them for low pay due to the recognizable name.

Advice to Senior Management

Tie performance to pay and recognize your top performers

Pros

It is a really nice place to work. There are many growth opportunities; the compensation is good and many training/education opportunities as well. If you want to work for a big company, I would recommend Heinz. I took advantage of the flexible work arraignment program they introduced a year ago and now I work from home one day a week.

Cons

Coming from a small company to Heinz I was shocked at how many “systems” were in place. You can’t just do your work without using a system, having a meeting with various other people, etc… I’m in product development and it took 4 years from bench top development to the product being on store shelves. I understand that is necessary for a huge company to have ALL of its research in place before launching a product, but in my entire 4 years here I feel like I’ve only accomplished one thing. Heinz is like a huge ship. The little people are necessary, but can’t really influence the direction of the ship.

Pros

Good experience, Interesting projects, Nice people

Cons

Not pushed by fellow employees, didn't see much growth opportunity

Advice to Senior Management

Recruit more talents entry level people, Pitt and PSU aren't Harvard and Yale

Pros

Performance driven environment lets you venture more on individual potential

Cons

Often times, the budget is limited

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Opportunity to work above your current level. Heinz operates lean and this provides great opportunity to work on project at very high levels.

Cons

Resources are limited due to the size of the R&D community. It is growing; but, some basic processes are missing.

Advice to Senior Management

be less Reactive and Focus on long term needs of the organization. What process, skills does Heinz need to be successful

Pros

They live their values. Employees are respected. Very strong leadership team. You get to work with very bright people. You have an opportunity to contribute. They have a very good compensation package

Cons

Lack of work life balance. Expectation is to work many hours. Growth opportunities limited. Can be risk adverse in some divisions. If you make a mistake early on in your career you may never live it down.

Pros

Great compensation package especially for location

Cons

No room for promotion unless you are a favorite.