Competent Emp- Well Intentioned Culture-Risk Averse - Research and Development General Mills Employee Review

3.0
Jun 6, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

1. Highly competent co-workers at all levels. 2. Excellent training and learning opportunities 3. Ability to mobilize huge amounts of resources 4. Admirable focus on personal/environmental safety and the safety of their products.

Cons

1. Management slow to embrace change (the very change they ask everyone to implement) 2. Company senior leadership unwilling to share sacrifice 3. Business teams very reluctant to take calculated risks and slow to market.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good work life balance, many people fully remote or hybrid

Cons

Layoffs are often and if you don’t move quickly you get caught up in them

4.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Always busy with challenging work.

Cons

Office politics slows things down, seems like some of the work is about checking a box and not about really creating value or improved processes.

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