Land O'Lakes Reviews

Pros

Very Loyal to employees, Good pay

Cons

Lots of very long hours

Pros

Most of the people are friendly.

Cons

Walk by some people at work and they do not even acknowledge that you walked by them

Advice to Senior Management

Provide opportunities for people to get to know each other

Pros

The company has allowed me to move into new more challenging roles within the organization which have allowed for personal growth and to further my career.

Cons

They have invested way to much at one time into IT infrastructure an struggle sometimes at the delivery.

Pros

They had a great bonus program and usually good salaries. The make good products. The culture was changingf for the better.

Cons

Management did not trust employees, they were looking for ways to get rid of long standing employees because they felt they did not know anything. They would bring in new people, but did not allow them to make any changes.

Advice to Senior Management

Upper management needs to review the mangement styles of some managers who have been with the company for awhile. Many do not understand diversity or even how to manage in today's world. Looks at ways to allow teleworking, and learn to trust that employees want to do a good job.

Pros

Landolakes supports employees through education and training, and has many different business areas that can offer a wide variety of opportunities for career development.

Cons

Landolakes is a large company with employees and locations throughout the U.S., so communications and complexity of the business can get overwhelming.

Pros

casual work environment, many of the employees have been working there for many years, usual in a "corporate" environment.

Cons

poor communication, groups don't work together, old and outdated work force.

Advice to Senior Management

be consistent. teach old dogs new tricks or find new dogs.

Pros

The external customers were great to deal with. The bonus was good jingle in the pocket.

Cons

Working with people who throw others under the bus is not my cup of tea.

Advice to Senior Management

Get out of your precious offices and LEARN what goes on in the departments. Step outside of YOUR BOX!

Pros

Household name and Fortune 250 company.
Some pockets of excellence scattered among largely mediocre organization.
Pretty competitive salaries.
Decent corporate offices and resources.
Cooperative business model; company owned by dairy farmer and co-op members.

Cons

Disappointing senior leadership -- very top-down leadership style; don't trust employees.
Organization very resistant to change.
Much less employee friendly than it once was.
None of the company's businesses can forecast well -- year-end numbers always a guessing game.
Most departments staffed poorly, very thin.
Company has quietly laid off a considerable amount of employees in past year.

Advice to Senior Management

Performance focused and employee friendly shouldn't be mutually exclusive. Land O'Lakes hasn't seemed to find the right formula to allow both elements to coexist these days. The organization needs a significant cultural realignment.

Pros

Has a sound food securities program.
Food quality is excellent.

Cons

Lack of corporate support.
Too many politics not relevant and time consuming.

Advice to Senior Management

Potential and opportunity for growth is there but facilities are outdated causing substantial money loss. Sales potential can profit by getting out of private labeling and investing in own name products for a real "value added" investment. Liability risks can be reduced by upgrading facilities to accommodate future own brand labeling, Upper management must realize it's not how we compete with our own facilities. Recognize and reward our mid-management for what is really their ideas. Too much investment in upper management but a revolving door to mid and lower management. Need to understand by being a undercover boss!

Pros

Great brand name, Great Sr Leadership - the president is the best leader I've ever been experienced.

Cons

There are some on the leadership team 2 levels below the President and Sr VPs that are anything but real leaders.

Advice to Senior Management

Where there is smoke, there's fire.