General Mills reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,893 total reviews)
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Jeff Harmening

81% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

General Mills has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,893 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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4K reviews
3.0
Mar 19, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good level of independence 2. Very good culture of inclusion and work life balance 3. Cross functional opportunities 4. Leadership training

Cons

1. Too much responsibilty and entitlements given to recent college graduates that foster a sense of arrogance and a poor work ethic 2. Departments and divisions can operate in silos 3. Promote based off of relationships - extremely political

3.0
Mar 7, 2011

Great people.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people are by far the most attractive part of working at general mills. the caliber of the group is impressive.

Cons

publicly traded company with responsibility to the share holders... slow to move towards sustainability and within the market

2.0
Feb 27, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, very talented people throughout the company, good training opportunities, they do care about work life balance, great facilities.

Cons

Promotion pool can get and stay full for a long time, strong performance reviews do not drive promotions, performance calibration system is demotivating.

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