Does Flowers Foods pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Flowers Foods employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Flowers Foods. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Flowers Foods?

44% of Flowers Foods employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Flowers Foods 2.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Flowers Foods?

Independent Distributor (34) , Sales Manager (25) , Production Supervisor (21) , Production Technician (21) , Area Sales Director (17) , Machine Operator (15) , Route Sales Representative (13) , Maintenance Technician (12) , Engineer (8) , Production (8) , Warehouse Worker (8) , Maintenance Engineer (7) , Sales (7) , Technician (7) , Distributor (6)

What are the pros of working at Flowers Foods according to real employee reviews?

"pay is good and nice" ((in 111 reviews)); "Good benefits even though medical is getting to high." ((in 63 reviews)); "good money but not worth all the time it takes and bull you have to put up with from dishonest managers." ((in 34 reviews)); "great for people with certain felonies on record (2nd chance or fair chance)" ((in 20 reviews)); "Coworkers for the most part are friendly and helpful." ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Flowers Foods according to real employee reviews?

"long hours but that is expected since its a new bakery with two shifts in the meantime." ((in 43 reviews)); "Poor Management this companies transition after buying back all the routes has been horrendous they don’t properly train new people." ((in 40 reviews)); "No work life balance hot" ((in 19 reviews)); "Poor upper management, lack of organization, no support from leadership to actually get anything done, will lie to you constantly about advancement opportunites." ((in 13 reviews)); "Majority of the managers have 25 yrs of experience and unwilling to take objective thinking." ((in 12 reviews))

What are employees saying about Flowers Foods layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Flowers Foods layoffs and their outlook for job security at Flowers Foods in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Flowers Foods locations?

Thomasville , Lenexa , Philadelphia , Denton , Atlanta , Villa Rica , Houston , San Antonio , Phoenix , Knoxville , Oxford , Birmingham , Newton , Crossville , Modesto , Lafayette , Jacksonville , London , Batesville , Henderson , Cleveland , Montgomery , Bardstown , Pensacola , Bradenton , Kansas City , Lewiston , Goldsboro , Jamestown , Tyler

Flowers Foods reviews

3.0

44% would recommend to a friend

(658 total reviews)

Ryals McMullian

42% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (658 reviews)

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Flowers Foods has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 658 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Flowers Foods employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

658 reviews

5.0

Oct 23, 2013

i have the opportunities to learn how to operate different types of cnc machines.

Machine operator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very professional and friendly environment

Cons

Unfortunately i don't get the chance to work a lot of over time.

3.0

Jul 23, 2013

Company has I/T issues

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great product, great production, good distribution.

Cons

I/T not innovative, behind the times in technology, not willing to change

5.0

Feb 24, 2013

Great structure and mangement along with competative pay and great benifits.

Production supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In this evergrowing economy this is one job that will always be around so the only reason you could loose this job rests on your own shoulders. Mangement is reasonable with their demands and expectations.

Cons

Sometimes you will work more than 40 hours a week but there is no con i really found with this job in the past 5 years.

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i have the opportunities to learn how to operate different types of cnc machines.

Company has I/T issues

Great structure and mangement along with competative pay and great benifits.

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