Lindt & Sprüngli Reviews

Pros

I have had a great experience working for Lindt (USA) over the past several years. They have helped me grow my career and helped me to go back to school to get my MBA. The company as a whole is friendly and down to earth despite the formal setting. We are located on a gorgeous campus, and have a state-of-the art manufacturing facility and corporate offices. The company has been growing at a tremendous pace with plans for further growth in manufacturing. The company is making efforts to create a positive community experience through volunteer opportunities in partnership with United Way, creating extra-curricular clubs on campus (like running, bowling, meditation, photography, and chess clubs), and they host amazing annual company parties (this year's was at the Top of the Hub in Boston). Their hourly and salary rates are competitive. The chocolate is delicious and it always smells of chocolate everywhere on campus. Their updated new hire orientation is great for new employees and helps you understand how your role fits into the entire company process whether you're in marketing, wholesales, retail, QA, etc. The company is a diverse community of people from different backgrounds and countries which is so refreshing and can be hard to find in NH! You'll hear several languages being spoken on-site from German, Swiss-German, Italian, Spanish, and English. Overall, it's a great place to work and be able to live in the beautiful state of New Hampshire.

Advice to Management

Provide more opportunities to promote from within and ensure upward mobility in roles across all departments. Ensure the MBA program student financial responsibility is clearly communicated so students understand how much they are being taxed each semester instead of finding out when they receive their student reimbursement check.

Pros

- lots of opportunities
- very flexible, time off, schedule etc
- positive environment
- supportive team
- focus oriented and a clear goal defined. Customer and employee satisfaction
- excellent salary

Pros

I have been employed at Lindt for over 2 years. They offer education reimbursement, great gym, company clubs, onsite cafeteria and chocolate discounts and giveaways. You can make connections if you open yourself up and get involved, which ultimately help at Lindt or any company.

Advice to Management

Get to know all the areas in the company and not just your department. I find that with all bigger companies communication can make or break you. This is where some of the focus should be initiating some cross training/interdepartmental initiatives, but not just upper management...it needs to trickle down to everyone.

Pros

I’m somewhat new to Lindt and think it was a great move for me and my career. Great pay, Great people, Great benefits that include on site gym and classes. I’ve worked for other companies and the grass isn’t always greener folks. Lindt is one of the best companies I’ve worked for by far.

Advice to Management

Don’t listen to the naysayers. Change was needed. The business results prove it.

Pros

Lindt & Sprüngli has provided me the tools to advance in my career. From education assistance to job advancement, Lindt & Sprüngli is a pleasure to work for. I have had the opportunity to work with other departments and create lasting relationships and experience. Lindt & Sprüngli also provides me the opportunity and flexibility to balance work and home life. I enjoy participating in the clubs Lindt & Sprüngli offers has like the "Running and Golf Clubs."

Upper Management is extremely friendly and outgoing making the workplace environment fun!

Advice to Management

Great job investing in your employees!

Pros

Company is growing fast and is financially healthy

Advice to Management

Look deeper, be fair, take a more active professional interest in hard working, dedicated employees that are not on the supervisory or above level.

Pros

The free chocolate
Reach the beach, workout facility
People
Location
Education Reimbursement

Advice to Management

Some individuals have been in positions for too long and don't know how to handle being a large corporation.

Silos need to be opened and more communication needs to be enabled.

Pros

No heavy lifting. Represent quality product

Advice to Management

WAKE UP! You have and represent quality products, but field reps are not given respect in the field, especially in the Western Region. So much talk from upper management is just that...talk. Proper planning from Brand Managers with customers would result in a better sell in opportunity and allow field reps to better deal with proper presentation and rotation of product.

Pros

None. Discount on chocolate and that’s it. Really nothing else to say. Customers are a delight. Management and fellow employees are rude.

Advice to Management

Grow some balls. Don’t talk about your employees unprofessionally behind their back. Don’t get upset because your employees have other jobs and can’t just focus on having an open schedule for 10-15 hours a week ; 5 hour shifts and only $13 dollars an hour. This place was extremely unprofessional and the favoritism was very detectable. I hate that I wasted my time believing in this company and giving my time for two days. Hopefully, you guys can find better management.

Pros

Amazing people, calm environment, nice customers

Advice to Management

Please don't be greedy about money!