Not a good position to accept if you want to do real engineering without a promotion - Maintenance Engineer Hormel Employee Review

2.0
Jul 7, 2011
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Pros

Hormel has great pay and benefits. They are accommodating to days needed off. They will try their best to make the company feel more close knit than most major companies do.

Cons

The position of maint. engineer is not an engineering position as they make it out to be, it is a glorified supervisor. Maintenance is often singled out for any issues resulting in lost manufacturing time even though equipment performance is not the issue. Advancement is not as quick as they make it out to be, they tell you that after a year there will be advancement available to the engineering division but that is not true.

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5.0
Mar 8, 2026
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Pros

I love working at Hormel, its easy to say but this really is a tight knit family culture, the people are what make this company awesome. I am given the freedom to express my skills and perform to the best of my availabilities without anyone looking over my shoulder. Hormel gives their employees the room and space to shine, the tools and support to grow and develop. The sky is truly the limit here as far as how far you want to go if you are willing to commit and work hard.

Cons

I dont think its a con however, some might. In some cases you may need to be willing to move to different cities or states to progress your career, however the company will pay to move you.

2.0
Jun 29, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

friendly people, cross functional collaboration, intense workload

Cons

poor onboarding, lots of turnover between brand managers, difficulty managing internal systems, too much tumultuous change with upper management, condescending manager, bias towards employees that previously interned vs. those that didn’t

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