General Mills reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,898 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 3,898 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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2.0
Sep 13, 2015

Supply Chain employee

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Pros

Great experience- lots of responsibility People are generally nice (can be passive aggressive, typical minnesota nice) Work life balance is possible given you are willing to sacrifice some career progression

Cons

Pay isn't really that great HR policies and career progression is unclear- lack of transparency within the process as to how promotions are decided Feels very much like promotions are time based versus results based Very political- perception tends to trump results Location is in Minneapolis, not the best city Global positions or cross-functional moves are few and far between and tend to be for the few favorites (unclear as to how to become a favorite given its not really results oriented) Work life balance isn't really possible if you want to progress quickly

3.0
Sep 3, 2015

Up or out.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Employees get an amazing depth of insight from all cross-functional areas. Great resources. Exposure to all facets of CPG. Individuals can have tremendous responsibility and job scope.

Cons

Up or out. Company has no time for experienced "continuity" team members. Meetings take all day do actual work must be done after hours. Shareholders will get dividends even if it means laying off people our selling off business...like Green Giant just today.

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