Description Neither taffy nor caramel, and certainly not nougat or chocolate, Tootsie Roll Industries has its success wrapped in brown-and-white waxed paper. The company makes and sells candy, including the vaguely chocolate-flavored but ever-popular Tootsie Roll, which has been produced with the same formula and name for more than 100 years. Tootsie Roll Industries also makes such well-known candies as Andes mints, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Mason Dots, and Sugar Daddy. Its Charms and Tootsie Pops brands make the company one of the largest lollipop producers in the world. The married team of Melvin Gordon (chairman and CEO) and Ellen Gordon (president and COO) control the company's voting power.
Tootsie Roll has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 53 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tootsie Roll employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).
Overall, 58% of employees would recommend working at Tootsie Roll to a friend. This is based on 53 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
75% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Tootsie Roll as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Tootsie Roll.