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Blue Bell Creameries reviews

3.6

55% would recommend to a friend

(264 total reviews)
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Ricky Dickson

73% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Blue Bell Creameries has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 264 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Bell Creameries employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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264 reviews
2.0
Jun 3, 2015

Driver Salesman

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Family environment, good 401K, strong product brand recognition and sales at one time

Cons

No communication to employees over recent issues. We spent weeks in limbo as workers in the Denver market not knowing what was to come. Many of us went down with the sinking ship completely blindsided about the layoffs. The entire process of recalling our product at the time was flawed. We were literally being told in real time every half hour or so a different process of how to handle the recall. Pay not comparable to the overall industry. The new job I took on pays at least $20K more a year than what I was making at Blue Bell for slightly less work responsibilities.

2.0
May 29, 2015

Thank God Blue Bell left Denver

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No longer in Denver, eat ice cream, good people to work with, short work day on Saturdays, can good retirement

Cons

pay way to low, ice cream might kill you, long work day, benefits can be expensive for spouses, people always quitting,

2.0
Mar 2, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Retirement package and job stability are the reasons people stay. They've never had any layoffs in over 100 years. Work life balance is great if you are in management. Taking time to go to the doctor or a child's school function is no big deal. The product sells itself in Texas.

Cons

Promotions are hard to get unless you are willing to move out of state to a new area. It can happen if you get lucky and someone retires though. It's a good ol boy company. It's all about who you are buddies with. If the wrong person has a problem with you then you are screwed no matter what anybody else thinks. Salary is below par. Lots of college graduates get a couple years of experience and then leave. I should have. Promotion from driver to Supervisor gets a pay cut. Promotion from Supervisor to Territory Manager may get a pay cut too depending on how much you were making. Promotions after that get a raise, but very small. Raises in general don't even come close to the rise in cost of living. Also, raises get smaller the more you make no matter how good a job you do.

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