General Mills Reviews
Updated May 30, 2023
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- "Bad Managers: GMI has a “Great Managers” program developed to improve the quality of people managers in marketing." (in 61 reviews)
- "Teams that were once highly motivated and worked long hours now leave the office promptly at 3:00 p.m. every day." (in 39 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great relationship and teamwork company
Cons
Can be long hours and a lot of overtime
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Customer Account Specialist Review
May 24, 2023 - Customer Account Specialist in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Travel all over the U.S. - Work for a billion dollar company - Diverse Company - Company Car, 401 K, health insurance, AMEX card, great salary and bonus potential, Free gas, free car insurance
Cons
-commercial freezer - lots of baking - storage unit - no hybrid office - isolating
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
2023Customer service is the support you offer your customers from the moment they first contact your business to the months and years afterward. Providing good customer service means being a reliable partner to your customers—it goes beyond helping them troubleshoot, use, and make informed decisions about your product.
Cons
33 Dollars an Hour Is How Much a Year? You may find yourself asking how much is $33 an hour annually? If you work 52 weeks per year (or get two weeks of paid vacation), you will make around $68,640 assuming you work 40-hour weeks with no overtime pay.Mar 6, 2023
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Great place to work!
May 23, 2023 - Human Resources Business Partner in Minneapolis, MNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
People are great and lots of opportunities
Cons
Stressful, sometimes cuts too deep and can be super slow to manage put poor performers
- Current Employee★★★★★
Overall good company to work for
May 29, 2023 - R&D Sr ScientistRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good mana gers, good benefits, good pay, care about their employees
Cons
Does not support career growth if you work remote , deflate titles when hired outside. Senior scientist role is equal to an R&D mgr role at a smaller company
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Maintenance technicians
May 24, 2023 - Maintenance Technician in Belvidere, ILRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The only benefits and healthcare
Cons
The hours and weird schedules
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
I enjoyed this role
May 19, 2023 - Customer Account Lead II in Phoenix, AZRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Strong experience leading partnership with a customer, a ton of opportunity to learn and develop, phenomenal career path
Cons
Challenging customers, turn over between teams can be high
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
I enjoyed the job responsibilities.
Cons
There were not really any cons.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Well paid, under titled
May 30, 2023 - Manager in Minneapolis, MNRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great culture, amazing benefits, strong leadership, down to earth highly skilled team members
Cons
Little room for growth in small team
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Large corporate that cares about employees as people
Feb 28, 2023 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Work life balance: 12-18 weeks of parental leave, half day Fridays through the summer, company car for several roles, a true intentional focus on wholistic wellbeing, I could go on and on. Challenging jobs, but always with chances to learn more and pivot. With the internal job system, if you do end up in a role, or under a manager, that is not idealistic, then you can simply apply for a new role and move.
Cons
GMI is a large corporate machine. There is a small amount of politics played around middle management and upward as a result and leadership is not very available.
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General Mills Reviews FAQs
General Mills has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 4,056 reviews left anonymously by employees. 79% of employees would recommend working at General Mills to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
79% of General Mills employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated General Mills 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at General Mills to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, management.
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