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    Land O'Lakes Reviews

    Updated January 29, 2019
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    Beth Ford
    16 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Good work-life balance at this company" (in 30 reviews)

    • "High quality products and great benefits" (in 19 reviews)

    Cons

    • "You may end up working weekend hours so no work life balance" (in 5 reviews)

    • "Constant turnover in upper management" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Great Private Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      Passionate co-workers that truly believe in the company mission

      Cons

      Still working to modernize company and business

    2. "Associate"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      Wonderful culture, great fellow employees, plenty of opportunity.

      Cons

      Many external factors may impact agriculture industry.

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    3. "Potential"

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      Current Employee - IT Director
      Current Employee - IT Director

      I have been working at Land O'Lakes full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Vision and Mission is sound

      Cons

      Not sure we have the talent or courage to execute

    4. "Good culture, just hope they don't lose it!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Land O'Lakes full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      The people. Just good, socially ept humans who really do want to do their jobs well.

      Cons

      A little old school, but trying to innovate. Also hoping that changes don't detract from the culture.

      Advice to Management

      Make sure training and development are high priority, listen to your employees.

    5. "Sales"

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      Current Employee - OUTSIDE SALES in Lancaster, PA
      Current Employee - OUTSIDE SALES in Lancaster, PA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Land O'Lakes full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good training by Fortune 500 companies

      Cons

      Company is so profit minded they hurt customers, share holders and employees

      Advice to Management

      Quit joking everyone
      Reward employees for faithful service not keep taking moneys away

    6. "Specialist"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      The culture is great at LOL

      Cons

      Sometime too many divisions and the wrong people making decisions. i.e. the butter people making decisions on feed marketing

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Can the CEO turn it around?"

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      Former Employee - Director in Arden Hills, MN
      Former Employee - Director in Arden Hills, MN
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Land O'Lakes full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good people, positive environment, and the new HQ is a great campus with child care, work out facility, health clinic, and flexible for space.

      Cons

      Company has been struggling for the past couple years. So opportunities for growth are sometimes limited. Waiting to see if the new CEO can turn it around and make the company profitable again.

      Advice to Management

      Support Beth Ford in making positive changes

    8. "Intermediate Technologist 1"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I have been working at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      Great benefits, great location, great pay

      Cons

      Opportunities for advancement are few and far between

    9. "Lay offs every 6 months"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I have been working at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      Spend lots of money sponsoring the Minnesota Vikings

      Cons

      Laid off over 100 people in May, and again in November 2018. Leadership said there were more layoffs to come.

      Advice to Management

      Quit spending money on assets and promotions that don't benefit the customer.

    10. Helpful (2)

      "Decent company, good people, but hard to move up and benefits aren'"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Land O'Lakes full-time

      Pros

      Work life balance is nice. Pay is above average for what your responsibilities are (at least in my department) Lots of time away from work while on the clock such as volunteering, parties etc.

      Cons

      Extremely difficult to move-up within the company. Had five interviews, but none of them pulled through for me.
      I was told I could get some on-the-job training in the transportation department I was looking to join after interviewing with the hiring managers(for one of the jobs I didn't get).
      I arranged time to meet with them, but when it was time, my manager in my department told me that the company doesn't allow that unless you take hours from your PTO.
      Hard to move up here.

      Advice to Management

      Communicate better. Identify who actually costs people money before laying off people. Dairy foods R&D employees always are having parties and making food for lunch on the company dime(and time), but none of them were involved in the lay-off.