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Updated May 26, 2023

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Found 546 of over 585 reviews
3.7
63% Recommend to a Friend
Hormel President & CEO James P. Snee
85% Approve of CEO

Found 543 of over 585 reviews

3.7
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85%
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Hormel President & CEO James P. Snee
James P. Snee
203 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Good pay and housing for interns.(in 75 reviews)
  • "Hormel pays okay and the benefits are good.(in 75 reviews)
  • "Great for people who don’t care about morals but will do whatever it takes to move up quick & make money fast.(in 43 reviews)
  • "Great culture; people are welcoming to questions; work for me as an intern was relevant and tasks that the other auditors would have been doing(in 20 reviews)
  • "Coming out of college the salary is competitive.(in 14 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Amazing culture, solid values.

    Apr 26, 2023 - Manager in Austin, MN
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Career opportunities, learning, benefits, great marketing

    Cons

    Minnesota winters, long hours, silos

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  2. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Its okay

    May 8, 2023 - Cost Accounting in Wichita, KS
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I liked the people I worked with they were nice and friendly. I enjoyed the open enviroment.

    Cons

    The pay for office is really low which really sad because I really enjoyed working there. There is a lot of issues though with people that you work with here, because once you do something to help out then you suddenly own the position... even if that was not your intention. Honestly, management should really think about what it is that their employees need.

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 10 years

    Rewarding

    May 26, 2023 - Industrial Engineer in Austin, MN
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Lots of career growth opportunities

    Cons

    Small towns Company can be too conservative with capital

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  5. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Grinding

    May 21, 2023 - Grinding Operator 
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    The hard Working Operators! Especially in Grinding (WolfKing Operators!

    Cons

    Some of upper management to office group!

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  6. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 3 years

    Great place to work.

    Apr 19, 2023 - Procurement Specialist in Atlanta, GA
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great place to work. Opportunities for growth.

    Cons

    Scheduled hours & mandatory ot

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  7. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Good Experience

    Apr 11, 2023 - Associate Quality Control Supervisor in Austin, MN
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    I loved being able to work cross-functionally and within a team

    Cons

    A lot of hours put in

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  8. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 10 years

    Hard work, but rewarding

    Mar 19, 2023 - Director of Finance in Austin, MN
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Trustworthy, rewarding, early career advancement opportunities. INCREDIBLE retirement benefits, if you’re willing to commit for the long term.

    Cons

    Pay for similar responsibilities pay more at companies. Our compensation team seems to use job titles as a barometer for comparing pay elsewhere.

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  9. 3.0
    Current Employee

    Mixed experience with this employer

    Mar 22, 2023 - Material Handler/Forklift Operator 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Health, vision, and dental all provided as well as ad&d, health savings accounts, and ample PTO.

    Cons

    Forced overtime, Lack of incentive for production goals, Safety is sidelined in favor of meeting -production goals.

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  10. 3.0
    Current Employee

    Decent place to work.

    Apr 17, 2023 - Machine Operator in Fort Smith, AR
    Recommend
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    Pros

    Company offers high starting pay.

    Cons

    Occasional mandatory overtime and operating most machines out there is very stressful.

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  11. 1.0
    Former Employee

    Good old boys club

    Feb 19, 2023 - Sales in Austin, MN
    Recommend
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    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Bacon Predictability Steady career track

    Cons

    Unbelievably sexist - as in, the way they avoid sexual harassment issues is to not promote women into areas where known harassers are operating. To be clear, they know where these people are, and instead of doing something about their behavior, they work around it by limiting the "targets" they put within these men's reach. Heard this first hand on a sexual harassment call. The diversity and inclusion board they were so proud of was composed of 23 white people and 1 POC. During one company conference, a consultant, a woman of color was presenting and made a point that very few of the attendees had bothered to talk to her while at the resort. One of the managers piped up that yes he had, he asked her for towels the previous evening. To great laughter.

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Hormel has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 585 reviews left anonymously by employees. 63% of employees would recommend working at Hormel to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hormel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hormel. This rating has decreased by -6% over the last 12 months.

63% of Hormel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Hormel 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Hormel to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be culture, management, work life balance.

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