Sara Lee Food & Beverage Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Above average compensation
Good benefits

I worked for the company for 10 years until I was laid off. I hold no ill will against them, but I wasn't offered any other positions in the organization...I was just let go.

Cons – Little room for advancement, they like to hire from outside the organization

Advice to Senior Management – Promote from within. I personally witness the loss of a lot of strong talent due to lay offs and downsizing measures.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – good pay, working hours, and flexible work hours as a internship

Cons – The office is a sales office. My internship is in IT department, I only talk to two managers and another intern for the whole day. So if you really like to work in team and work with people, I dont think this would be a good choice.

Advice to Senior Management – Create more communication

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Sara Lee had I thought, a solid reputation, however, in the long run it did not translate from a super market customer, to a wholesale client.

Cons – For some reason they were convinced that the company could be run from the office, and they would never listen, or take any advice from the field reps. They also had a habit of bringing in people from out of town, who would talk about the way we did it...fill in the blank.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn your market before you become a self professed expert, get out of the office for something besides golf.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – I did not really didn't any pros other than the support staff e.g. HR safety manager etc. were great to work with.

Cons – Workforce old school and unable to adapt to change. Equipment is archaic and maintenance does not know anything other than how to place a band-aid on a problem.

Advice to Senior Management – Get a Production Manager that knows what they are doing and values their people. Someone in this role should care about real change not just what something looks like on paper.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – Great brands, thankfully that keeps them afloat

Cons – Disfunction at the top. No institutional knowledge - company bein grun by non-meat people.

Advice to Senior Management – Remember the roots of the brands you sell

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – The only reason I could see working at Sara Lee is its a stable company for the most part, thats about it.

Cons – Totally not a professional sales management position. If you like physical labor and not professional management, than the Disttrict Sales Manager is for you.

Advice to Senior Management – The District Sales Manager position need to be overhauled all together. Set up the position to manage and grow the business, not replace route reps.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – Great flexibility, work your own schedule. They promote within so you can apply across all areas if you are looking to move up.

Cons – New management is clueless as to employees needs

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to. Employees and your customers

Former Employee – worked at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – Overall the people are very friendly and you can have work/life balance as long as you are willing to put in extra time when needed.

Cons – The politics are insane...people are recognized for who they know and not the job they do.

Advice to Senior Management – Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is just not smart.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – Great brands, good external reputation

Cons – Disjointed, duplicated roles, disconnected management, lack of focus, slowly winding down to a trickle after being a major company in food and beverage, major uncertainty for future survival

Advice to Senior Management – if you survive, you will have to restore confidence in your employees that you are for real. currently, your spinning off of divisions causes too much uncertainty and very low morale.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sara Lee Food & Beverage

Pros – great benefits, get outside and mingle with public, work by yourself. abliity to create great work and outdo the competition

Cons – not much time off, work in bad weather, not much of promotion, work long hours, too many carried items, advancement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend