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4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,898 total reviews)
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Jeff Harmening

81% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

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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4K reviews
4.0
Feb 16, 2009

General Mills - We Do More Than Cheerios... and We Do It WELL.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

General Mills is very good about getting its employees the training they need, both through classes and experience. There is a wealth of resources available to you in the form of talented coworkers who are more than willing to meet with you and share knowledge from their own personal career path. The rotational programs here give you a great chance to sample different positions in your role so you can find the right fit for you and gain different perspectives of the company. General Mills is also very keen to work-life balance and community involvement. People are generally very flexible with scheduling, and half-day Fridays in the summer are awesome!

Cons

On the whole, communication is excellent. There is a lot of push to be innovative and for everyone to share their two cents. The only thing I have personally found difficult is figuring out the lines of communication to actually get that innovation ball rolling, especially when it pertains to something outside of your function.

5.0
Jan 7, 2009

You will never find a better place to work.

Is project manager
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Pros

General Mills culture is a progressive supportive environment. The corporate culture energizes you to deliver your best for the company and yourself. There's always opportunities to move and grow within the company. This is encouraged. The benefits are superb. This company attracts and retains very talented people who are fun to work with too.

Cons

Worklife balance can be compromised if you let it. It is easy to get caught up in the energy and over commit yourself. At times there seem to be too many 'special' inititves going on at the same time - Continuous Improvement, PMO, Fuse, HHM etc.

4.0
Sep 9, 2008

Solid Company that lacks the desire to implement innovative processes and harness employee creativity.

Customer account manager i
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Pros

This list is in no particular order: - Amazing health benefits: Blue Cross/Blue Shield medical, Delta dental, and vision coverage - Financial extras: Cash bonus; 401(k) match - 3% fixed yearly match with up to 3% variable yearly match depending on company performance; Company car (make depends on position) with gas card - Moving benefits: Sales organizations move their people a lot. General Mills provides a lump sum moving allowance that changes in value depending on where you are moving and whether or not you are selling/buying a house. The number of people in your family also figures into the calculation. The company also has a "loss on sale" provision for your house. If the market has gone down since you bought your house, the difference in cost will be repayed to you. This has been especially good to me given today's real estate market. When you buy a house, General Mills will pay closing costs. In order to take advantage of these moving benefits you must sign a waiver saying you will remain with the company for a minimum of one year. If you leave before the one year mark you may be required to pay back the moving expenses. - People: The people at General Mills are very social, not prone to creating cliques, and office conversations are always fun. - Activities: Each office has sports teams that play in local leagues. Each office or team will do fun activities such as attending baseball games on a semi-regular basis. - Travel: With my position I travel about once a month. As you progress within General Mills Sales you will travel more and more. This could also be a downside if you do not like travel. - Work at home: If you are located in a field position (not in an office) calling on a customer you will be permitted to work at home. This option is not available to those located in an office. - Casual fridays - Summer half day Fridays: From Memorial Day to Labor Day, all in the sales organization receive half day Fridays. Whether or not you can take advantage depends on your personal workload. - Free samples: You receive free samples of all General Mills products.

Cons

This list is in no particular order: - Non-flexible hours: Basic 9-5 house apply as a large portion of your hours. You will not be permitted to work flexible hours. - Tenure based promotion: It seems that most of the time promotions are done based on tenure and not based on actual merit. The culture really champions being fair to everyone. - Career Path: The sales career path is very fixed and falls more in line with a beaucracy. It may become a meritocracy at higher levels but entry level positions are given a very beaucratic fashion. - Politic-ing: You've got to have your own back. Meeting with management and telling them how well you are doing is a must do. Without personal interaction with the higher-ups that make people decisions you will not be able to continue progressing from job-to-job. - Inexperienced management: Due to the beaucratic nature of the first 3-5 years within the organization there are many managers who don't know how to manage people. This wouldn't be a problem if the company would provide them with a comprehensive training or mentoring program. However, new managers do not receive a well rounded educatio on how to manage. Management usually consists of having your reports do exactly what you want done and avoiding any delineation from the stated process. - No creativity: Entry levels are not encouraged to be creative and innovative on a regular basis. Ocassionally Senior management will solicit ideas but it does not happen often. Senior Management has the ideas and usually pushes them through. I think this is owing to a vicious cycle of them being force fed senior management's ideas when they were in lower positions. - Analytical work: Very rarely is the analytical analysis difficult. It's usually very straightforward. - Administrative work: Admin workload is very heavy. There isn't sufficient centralization of admin tasks. Not enough time is spent selling. Forms and requests are the norm.

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