Good Company with Good Benefits - Maintenance Cargill Employee Review

4.0
Dec 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Focus on the safety culture is the best I've seen, top notch, and forefront in all decisions made at all levels of management from the technician on the floor all the way to the CEO. Benefits package is amongst best in industry. PTO policy is average and satisfactory. A diverse group of employees with lots of experience to aide newer employees with onboarding. A nice, robust training program for engineers and new employees to learn the job/plant. Great relocation program and associated benefits. A solid history of a very diverse company with a world-wide reach and impact. You're part of an organization that gives back to local organizations resulting in a positive impact to our surrounding communities. Environmentally responsible company that is committed and strives to make our planet cleaner. A large company with a lot of opportunity for growth. Great mentorship program for up and coming engineers that are currently in school looking for relevant experience that directly collates to their respective study program.

Cons

The value of the salaried worker has declined drastically in relation to company earnings and profit over the past two years. Work/Life balance is steadily increasing in the wrong direction with many hours spent at home and work to accomplish task given; Management is over-burdening the average worker and first level managers to the point of running them off. This is due to the second point, which is, they eliminate jobs and stack those responsibilities on others not otherwise qualified to perform various roles and responsibilities; This is also evident by their pursuit to eliminate mid-level management and hoping technicians without the education & experience will take over those responsibilities. The poor decisions of management at the Business Unit level and Senior levels of local Plant Management have created fictional, non-obtainable, unrealistic goals or metrics which resulted in the elimination of current and future raises, promotions, and bonuses for hard, overworked employees under them while they tell us once-a-month how well were doing in a video presentation to everyone.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Pay is good, especially on holidays! you get days off during the week and you work every other weekend

Cons

The schedule is hard, 12 hour days for 1 month then 12 hour nights then switch back. the environment is tough, the work load is heavy. not always the support you need to help you. favoritism, Management can be difficult, sink or swim type of culture, The testing is nearly impossible to get through. In the end you can do a great job in learning the job, if they don't want you, you will be replaced!

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