Declining Culture - Anonymous employee Ocean Spray Employee Review

1.0
Apr 24, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The quality of some of the people. Most have been let go due to poor leadership. The renovated building is really nice as well.

Cons

The absolute disgusting culture new management has created. It is very telling when your CEO goes in-front of the company and tells everyone to fight the competition and stop fighting with each other. Or the companies leaders refuse to release the results of a company wide survey because they performed so low, they didn't want to shame the leaders with their results. It has become a very morbid and painful environment to work in that is created by the poor leadership and constant lay offs and sending jobs outside America. These are not the values this company was built on and most employees do not trust management at all. Very sad how far the culture has fallen over the last decade. No bonuses or raises but the leadership team has promoted themselves into new roles/titles almost every other month. No internal promotion or ability to make career progression. Company is heavily biased to bringing in outside talent instead of investing in the people it already has.

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Ocean Spray Response
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Thank you for commenting, however we need to be clear: change is not a “buzzword.” It’s what great companies do when they want to improve, thrive and take their business to the next level. Our recent engagement survey, which was shared transparently with all colleagues, reflects how that change has affected some of us. As we have talked about through our Town Halls and other forums, transformation stretches our comfort zone, but in the end, it will make us stronger and better fit to compete—which is what our colleagues and farmer-owners demand and deserve. We are excited about the future, and about the success we are already seeing with our business and strategy.

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