Cargill reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(5,814 total reviews)
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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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6K reviews
1.0
Dec 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Large organization; very longstanding presence. Global operations - so potential opportunity to experience work in various portions of the globe.

Cons

Tenure is valued FAR more than anything else. Many senior leaders have been in their roles for many, many years - a result of their having been promoted well beyond their capabilities. However, the Cargill culture is that "If you've been with the company 20+ years, you MUST be a good guy..." Conversely, if you've come from outside the company, your talents, efforts, actual results (should anyone bother to notice those) are discounted. After all, if you've not been there a couple of decades, you're simply assumed to be clueless. I've worked for a number of multi-billion-dollar public companies - and Cargill, or at least the portion of it that I experienced, has by far the weakest, most insecure, least professional, and most inbred management team of all. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend Cargill as an employer. Join at your own risk!

2.0
Dec 25, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The food industry is very dynamic, depending on where you are inside the company there are always new challenges: food safety, product development, etc It is a huge company with 70+ businesses, so there are opportunities to move domestically and internationally

Cons

Very conservative company - things are done in a same way for a very long time and if " they are not broken no need to fix them " - new ideas are not very well received It is a global company with a very limited view of the world, you can have several peers in different regions of the globe doing the same function, but you won't talk to them. You're ability to move can be very limited, some businesses don't like when people leave and prevent you from interviewing for different jobs.

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