Pepperidge Farm Reviews
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Company Rating Based on 3 ratings “Neutral” |
CEO Approval Based on 2 ratings Pat CallaghanPresident 100% |
Reviews are posted anonymously by employees (updated Feb 3, 2010)
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Pros
Great Brands
Small Company
Owned by Campbell's Soup (large company resources)
Cons
somewhat nonprofessional/small gossip place to work
Employees would rather berate you behind your back, through your manager, than come to you with issues/concerns.
You are more likely to get feedback from a friend "I heard this about you" than your boss/co-workers
Advice to Senior Management
stop the water cooler discussions, The Gossip mill impacts employees view of each other and it is almost promoted within PF. Why not try to get feedback into the open and encourage face to face communication before escalating.
Pros
Great products
Good benefits
Solid parent company, Campbell's Soup.
Cons
Limited growth opportunities due to small size of company and cliques who impact perception of employee capabilities.
Communication style is passive aggressive with triagulations the norm. No one talks to you directly if they have a concern or issue. They don't even go directly to your manager. Feedback goes to your manager's peer group. As a result feeback is not substantiated with examples so employee can correct behaviors, or it's taken out of context.
People talk about you behind your back.
Very clique-y.
More relationship based than process based. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Conflict averse
Cross-functional collaboration and integration is an aspiration and "buzz" term within the organization. Howerver they can not quite shake the silo'd structure and it hampers true collaboration / integration.
Lots of meetings though the real action takes place in hallway conversations with those who hold the power.
Lots of talk about Leadership but no one really understands what it means. More like a dictatorship.
Advice to Senior Management
Restructure the organization.
Extend diversity to include personality, especially if your motto is "people valuing people."
Train your managers to be managers.
Pros
It is owned by Campbell Soup, so there is a good company behind the workplace. Having such a good foundation behind the small store made up for the few number of employees. The pay was not bad, above minimum wage, although it seemed to be slightly less than other jobs in the area. The management was pretty good and my immediate supervisors were understanding. The majority of all the other workers were fairly friendly and well-screened. The size of the individual store was cozy, which was a plus because of the way big box stores make employees feel like a number.
Cons
The store was very small, with few employees working at the same time, so people typically had to do all the work rather than specific jobs assigned to each individual. It was unlikely that I would receive a raise or any type of promotion, given the size of the store. I would also not be able to transfer to another store or position if I had needed to, and the hours were not very flexible. The work environment for that specific store was dim and uncomfortable, without a nice break room to relax in or a place to park my vehicle.
Advice to Senior Management
There's not a whole lot to improve upon, but allotting more employee positions per store would help out workers.
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