General Mills reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,895 total reviews)
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Jeff Harmening

81% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

General Mills has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,895 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Mills employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Sep 29, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing company, very progressive. Benefits and perks are really good especially if your at the corporate location. They really value work/life balance here. In the summer time we have what's called "summer hours". Work a 9 hour day Monday through Thursday, and then on Friday we out of work by 10am. The workload to pay ratio is actually really good. Its a hard place to work and not gain weight. They feed you all the time. The people are pretty awesome here. Always super friendly, professional and Happy! I've known people to take pay cuts to be able to work in the building I do because the work/life balance is just amazing. Overtime isn't always guaranteed, but when it is its on a volunteer bases. This is the first job in my field that I have had and working weekends was not required or where I don't constantly feel stressed out.

Cons

Not much to complain about, but with any workplace there's always room for improvement. For starters, Its almost a penalty for being a Rockstar at your job. Your boss will love you a little to much and never will be willing to let you go. So trying to move into another position can be challenging. In addition, they have this 2 year policy here where you cant change positions before that point. To be fairly honest, I wasn't crazy about the position I accepted, but I did so out of hopes another position I was looking for would open up. After working here a year, the exact position I wanted opened up but was turned away because my manager said he couldn't loose me and I was still in my 2 year timeframe. The position came and went, leaving me wondering what now? The pay is kinda below market values, raises are not great usually 2% Bonuses are based on company and performance. Sometimes there great sometimes there not. But like I said if you factor the work/life balance and what you actually do here.. it really isn't bad pay. On the job training here does not exsist. The first couple months is usually a more senior employee showing the ropes but after that your on your own.

1.0
Jun 9, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Salary, 401K, and PTO

Cons

Cliques, women treated poorly, lack of training for women, no one has your back if you're a woman. HR is absolutely no help to a woman. You're done for if you're a Black woman. The men are allowed to mistreat and sexually harass the women with no consequence.

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