Maple Leaf Foods Reviews

Pros

Company culture and values are very strong. It is a great place for new grads. It offers job security.

Cons

Due to SAP implementation, everyone is so busy and usually employees don't know where the company goes. Currently, the IT department is outsourcing/cosourcing many positions which makes everyone feels unstable.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep the motivation and 2-way communication

Pros

People is nice
Development opportunities
OK salaries
Good location

Cons

Since a few months ago, we can see "OUTSOURCING" written all over the place, the company claims a "CO-SOURCED" program with Accenture, but in reality now everybody is leaving, it's sad to see such talented people leaving so fast. Not a good place to be for IT. Previous to that, it was a great place to work but now, there are more consultants than employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay attention to the people you are hiring as Directors and above, they are comming with "new" ideas and zero values and they are walking all over the employees who have been loyal and productive to the company for many years, they break all the rules and nobody does anything to protect the employees. Our leaders may not even know what's going on on the floor.

Pros

-Competitive salary
-Good general management experience
-Opportunity to meet and work with some great people (eg. Product Development team)

Cons

-Too much structural change
-Few opportunities for employee career progression
-Overall pessimistic mood about company's future
-Extremely process oriented, focus is on doing things the way they have always been done
-Slow to react to changes in market

Advice to Senior Management

-Try to create some stability within the company
-Focus on long term growth, not quick fixes
-Hiring talent from Tier 1 CPG firms is a great idea only if you allow them to bring in a fresh perspective and make a positive change, rather than expecting them to adapt to the MLF process-oriented way of doing things.

Pros

Work life balance
Flexibility
Open culture
Great people
Location is accessible

Cons

Lack of promotions
Poor pay
Values management trainees over regular staff
Hard to make cross functional moves
Too top heavy with management

Advice to Senior Management

Value internal candidates vs. going external to fill positions.

Pros

Amazing Corporate Culture
Amazing people
Great environment
Great support system
friendly co-workers

Cons

Compensation is very low,
you have to occasionally work late

Pros

People are friendly and helpfull to work with.

Cons

Work load is heavy.
Worker are not appreciated.
Long hours with no extra compensation.
Lack of working tools

Pros

Lots of opportunities to learn new technologies and interact with several teams.
Great immediate management and support from the director level.

Cons

Overtime expectations are very high. No compensation for after hours and weekend work.
Increases are not generous while performance review process is lengthy.

Advice to Senior Management

Compensate information technology staff fairly for after hours and weekend work. Listen more and talk less. Reduce the number of levels of management. Get closer to your staff!

Pros

great people, good work life balance

Cons

very poor and unfair compensation
great deal of bureaucracy/politics
poor recognition and rewards

Advice to Senior Management

Open your eyes and understand why so many people are leaving your organization (for the above three reasons predominantly). DO something about it, especially within Six Sigma. Current (new) management is terrible and is not communicating to their employees in the slightest. A great deal of uncertainty in the air is fueling this mass exodus.

Pros

learning opportunities
challenge
people
canadian company
strong brands
corporate values

Cons

changes do happen all the time (and mostly for very good reasons), need to be able to handle it

Pros

MLF is a very fast paced company that is consistently changing. There is not time to get comfortable with a process as it will change quickly. Values are very strong through-out the company and supported from the top down.

Cons

The pace can be overwhelming and some people get overwhelmed by that. While things change quickly there are a lot of people who are change resistant that slows down progress.