General Mills reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,892 total reviews)
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Jeff Harmening

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

General Mills has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,892 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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4.0
Aug 3, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Salary and Bonus -Great for those interested in living in an affordable city in the Midwest -Company small enough to have access to function VPs and senior management without many tiers. -Very established and influential black champions network. General Mills and HR provide many advancement opportunities to their members and fast track African Americans.

Cons

-For some people, Minnesota is not the place to be -First impressions matter too much, your career potential depends on side conversations or superficial opinions others have of you -General Mills is not extremely political, but networking is a MUST. Many times promotions will be based on who you know versus how do you perform

4.0
Aug 1, 2011

great company!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

strong collaborative culture and work life balance

Cons

too laid back need more structure

4.0
Jul 24, 2011

A good place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance is a plus. Always willing to work around my personal needs. Have given me a fair amount of opportunity to advance.

Cons

Compensation is just fair (for manufacturing at least). They call it "competetive" but it's just ok. I see a lot of jobs where I could make more money posted all the time. It's just never enough to take me off my current career path or give up a known work/life balance.

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