Cargill reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(5,814 total reviews)
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Brian Sikes

68% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Cargill has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 5,814 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cargill employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Apr 14, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Good peer interaction and extracurricular activities such as sports and events are attended religiously. Lots of workplace camaraderie. Decent benefits for full time workers. Good recruitment programs. Lots of job opportunities throughout the US and International locations. Lots of in house training.

Cons

inexperienced upper management at the local levels. There were too many upper level site managers with little experience as leaders trying to lead an older and more experienced group of middle management and production staff. They are tossed into the leadership fray based on education and without much needed OJT technical experience. At times they appeared indecisive and overwhelmed with business decisions. Poor treatment of temp workers...

3.0
Apr 12, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work life balance Attention to employees' family needs

Cons

Many people believe if you do not come from the ranks you cannot be successful as a leader Recent lay offs have changed the culture a bit, lots of promises have been broken Senior management's handling of latest crisis has not been the best

2.0
Apr 11, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Some great people. If you join early career and fit you can build a fantastic career.

Cons

Don't join as an experienced hire - the culture is very strong. Diversity and inclusion is espoused but practiced poorly. Difference is poorly tolerated. Very US centric. An American company operating internationally NOT a global company. Imposes US thinking, values and work practices. If you don't want to work in the US there are limited career opportunities.

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