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Updated May 30, 2023

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79% Recommend to a Friend
General Mills CEO Jeff Harmening
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Great people and they recognize your accomplishments(in 312 reviews)
  • "Good benefits and on site amenities on campus(in 303 reviews)
  • "Work life balance is good if you plan ahead and keep on top of your work.(in 290 reviews)
  • "great culture and values.(in 209 reviews)
  • "Good pay and paid weekly(in 168 reviews)
Cons
  • "Management is poor and doesn’t promote deserving candidate for an IJP.(in 82 reviews)
  • "Bad Managers: GMI has a “Great Managers” program developed to improve the quality of people managers in marketing.(in 61 reviews)
  • "massive layoffs every other year, seemingly no logic to who stays/goes(in 46 reviews)
  • "Change in characteristics/behaviors that are valued by senior leadership(in 41 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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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Great company to work

    May 26, 2023 - Logistics Operator 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great relationship and teamwork company

    Cons

    Can be long hours and a lot of overtime

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  2. 5.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Customer Account Specialist Review

    May 24, 2023 - Customer Account Specialist in Columbus, OH
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    - 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

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  4. 1.0
    Former Employee

    Customer Service

    May 27, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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

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  5. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 8 years

    Great place to work!

    May 23, 2023 - Human Resources Business Partner in Minneapolis, MN
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    People are great and lots of opportunities

    Cons

    Stressful, sometimes cuts too deep and can be super slow to manage put poor performers

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  6. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Overall good company to work for

    May 29, 2023 - R&D Sr Scientist  
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    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

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  7. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Maintenance technicians

    May 24, 2023 - Maintenance Technician in Belvidere, IL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The only benefits and healthcare

    Cons

    The hours and weird schedules

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  8. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    I enjoyed this role

    May 19, 2023 - Customer Account Lead II in Phoenix, AZ
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    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

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  9. 5.0
    Former Employee

    good company

    May 20, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I enjoyed the job responsibilities.

    Cons

    There were not really any cons.

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  10. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 8 years

    Well paid, under titled

    May 30, 2023 - Manager in Minneapolis, MN
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
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    Pros

    Great culture, amazing benefits, strong leadership, down to earth highly skilled team members

    Cons

    Little room for growth in small team

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  11. 5.0
    Current Employee, less than 1 year

    Large corporate that cares about employees as people

    Feb 28, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    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 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.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, General Mills employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at General Mills. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 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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