Awful Senior Management Full of Lies and False Direction. - Anonymous Ocean Spray Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Not working here anymore. I would say the benefits were nice but management will disregard the entire cons section and talk about the one pro to promote themselves.

Cons

The environment and poor culture management created was horrific. I've never seen such blatant lies and misdirection from senior management in my life. They keep talking about how amazing of a job they are doing and patting themselves on the back when the foot soldiers are dealing with constant failures that management keeps wanting to ignore. Too many things are failing. They sent the entire IT department to India and it has been a complete mess. Things that used to take 2-3 hours are taking weeks and months and costing the company more money right now but they keep telling everyone how awesome it all is. Some of us can't get crucial parts of our jobs done since IT has been a massive let down the last few months with all the cuts. Finance has been gutted and its only getting worse. With no regard to their employees lives, forced Marketing into Boston drastically impacting their lives. Constant almost weekly lay offs. The worst part is how management has carried themselves. They cheer on and promote hateful sentiment. Someone called out some of the toxic people and management made everyone stop and clap for the person kissing up. Pathetic. Take a second and realize why some people are toxic. Some of us were/are FORCED to come in early, leave late, work threw lunch to keep up with the bare minimum work load EVERY single day so the company can stay functional because our departments were slashed and cut down by 50%-60%. Found a better job and left because of the mess management has created and there was no end in sight.

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Ocean Spray Response
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While we agree that change has been challenging for some of our colleagues, and reorganized how we are structured, we do have to push back on some of your comments. We care deeply about our colleagues, those with us and those who have transitioned out of the business, and are proud of our best-in-class benefits and compensation. We also listen closely to our employees’ feedback—it’s why we do those surveys, hold Town Halls, and provide opportunities to engage and speak up. Lastly, tech transformation remains ongoing, and while any transition can bring with it hiccups, our Tech Team is now better-positioned for our business and strategy. Our brand remains exceptional. Our commitment to our farmer-owners in making this a modern cooperative that delivers strong results is unwavering. It’s a bright future ahead.

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