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Latest technology & work life balance (in 255 reviews)
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Depending on role - work life balance (in 83 reviews)
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"Highly Ethical and Purpose Driven"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at General Mills full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Opportunity to grow as a leader in a best practice environment with incredibly smart, talented colleagues. This is a company that truly is invested in "doing the right thing all the time", one of its core values. It is the home of large, iconic brands like Cheerios, Nature Valley, Pillsbury and Betty Crocker and Hagen Daz (outside of the US), but also features smaller natural/organic brands like Larabar, Annie's, Food Should Taste Good and Cascadian Farms. A great place to work for a global company and learn how to run a business and build brands from one of the very best operators in the industry.
Cons
The company is highly matrixed (like most in the industry) and team oriented - not a great fit if you are not strong at collaboration.
Advice to Management
Stay focused on the consumer and continue the transformation underway to move the portfolio towards growth!
General Mills 2016-12-12 07:34 PST -
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"Great place to work!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at General Mills full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Always have what you need to do the job. Great benefits. Work hours are good. Good work/life balance.
Cons
Some equipment needs updated. Some people are stuck in the past as far as how some things are done.
Advice to Management
Be more progressive and proactive instead of reactive.
General Mills 2017-06-21 00:53 PDT -
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"Work Enviornment"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at General Mills (Less than a year)
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Good place for Experienced people
Cons
Nothing that I could think off.
Advice to Management
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General Mills 2017-06-21 01:52 PDT -
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"A Phoenix Emerges?"
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RecommendsNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at General Mills full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
People-focused culture
History of re-creating itself
Minneapolis-St Paul metro is great place to live and raise a family
New CEO is willing to make tough choicesCons
Still learning that compromise and 'appeasing everyone' can mean losing in the long run
New HR changes are more competitive but company is in transition.Advice to Management
Be one thing and be it well. The company can't do what it's always done.
General Mills 2017-06-20 08:09 PDT -
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"Great Place to Work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at General Mills full-time (More than a year)
Pros
I loved my experience at General Mills even though it was during a tough business climate. Smart people and highly flexible culture, but it has also seen a ton of transition and changes since I left in 2014.
Cons
Highly matrixed and sometimes slow to get things done, but you an still be effective if you are good at building relationships.
Advice to Management
Tap into and meet the changing needs of what consumers want in food.
General Mills 2017-06-15 18:22 PDT -
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"Energetic"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at General Mills full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Benefits include health, dental, vision, 401.k, and pension. 3 weeks paid vacation, paid holidays, two yearly shutdowns. 24/7 snacks food manufacturing.
Cons
Pay could be higher and management cooperation has decreased in the few years. Schedule is not easy to coincide with personal life
Advice to Management
Need more moral, pay, respect, and revive culture that once was years ago
General Mills 2017-06-08 19:07 PDT -
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at General Mills full-time (More than 10 years)
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Work/life balance was GREAT! Was able to work from home in my position at least one a day week which saved me a 30 mile commute to the office. My excellent work ethic allowed me to work from home more frequently. Greatful!
Cons
Company has been downsizing frequently.
Advice to Management
None at this time
General Mills 2017-06-05 13:11 PDT -
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"Great brands, capabilities, and people."
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Well known brands, great capabilities, terrific people all working together to deliver sustainable and consistent business results. Great values throughout the company.
Cons
Big brands having a tough time growing. Smaller food companies are taking share of market within a competitive industry in competitive times.
Advice to Management
Continue the work to restore topline sales growth.
General Mills 2017-05-31 03:36 PDT -
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"Losing faith - starting to look elsewhere."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at General Mills full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Was one of the best companies in the world before tough times and poor leadership damaged its legacy. Wonderful people, smart, challenging. Great ethics.
Cons
It's hard to keep the faith at General Mills, especially after this week. The company announced it is ending the pension plan they stopped offering new employees four years ago. In 10 years, you can no longer accrue more benefits. They will switch to enhanced 401k for portability. This makes little sense if you are older and a bit of extra 401k matching would never come near what they have cut. It's a hard pill to swallow having not gone job hunting through several rounds of layoffs and a year where leadership admitted the made some mistakes. If they are willing to cut benefits every few years, along with people, approach cautiously. They just targeted staff with 4-20 years of experience and you may be next. Yes I was blessed to have a pension at all, but that is the compensation we agreed to. And yes, I have time to change plans and save more, but I would have preferred a no raise year for everyone instead of just us experienced staff having to put more away. I would certainly worry about working at a company that keeps increasing its dividends, but not profit or volume. Additionally the new performance policy forces managers to fit you into a curve. Awesome if you are the guaranteed small percentage of winners. Less so if you fall to the mandatory low-performers.
Advice to Management
Cutting the benefits of your experienced staff can't be counterbalanced by managers told to "make work fun". I'm going to be giving you as much as I feel I'm getting back. I certainly am not going to reject the headhunters on Linked In any more, but maybe that is what you want.
General Mills 2017-05-26 19:16 PDT -
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"General Mills"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at General Mills full-time
Pros
Good Benefits good pay and health insurance
Cons
Long hours at times and having to work weekends
General Mills 2017-05-24 09:38 PDT -
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