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      4.0

      80% would recommend to a friend

      (3,881 total reviews)
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      Jeff Harmening

      81% approve of CEO

      63% 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 3,881 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
      2.0
      Dec 30, 2015

      It is a good place to work based on your priorities

      It senior specialist - gbs
      Recommend
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      Pros

      One of the best thing about General Mills were people and culture. You have a family environment. Most of the people are open to meet you if you want to understand their role or if you will be working on a project. Flexibility was great. There are times when you have to work from home due to family priorities. The cafeteria is great with good amount of selection of food Gym on site and Healthclinic

      Cons

      One of the biggest reasons for me to move on - Recent layoffs. There have been at least two layoffs that have occurred in the last 4 years. What are the chances I can be on the next chopping block - Employee morale is low due to layoffs - Culture has been changing due to all the changes - Company has been on cutback spree. Any benefit you had as an IT operation team is going away like on-call benefits. - Benefits used to be great like pension and retirement premiums which you accumulate overtime to pay for healthcare before medicare kicks in in the event of retirement before 67). They have been cut. - Salaries at General Mills are at least 10 - 20% lower in IT as compared to what market is paying in Twin Cities. One of the main reasons most of Millennials are leaving the company. - Promotions come at a slower pace once you reach senior level. Look for spending at least 3-5 years at the same level before you might be considered for next level. There is no transparency on the promotion path. If you are lucky, your manager might fight hard for you and might get there sooner. And if you want to get to next level after that... good luck spending another 3-5 years.

      2.0
      Jul 8, 2015

      The Times They Are a-Changin' ---General Mills is not

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There is no denying that General Mills hires people that are, in general, great to work with. They tend to be incredibly smart, friendly, helpful and fun to be around. You can learn a lot from the very smart people working there. Traditionally their benefits have been solid, and even with the cut backs on benefits, they are still pretty good (who knows how far these will eventually be cut back though). If you are looking for a decent work life balance, this is probably a good company for you. It can be dependent on role/team, but in general, the expectation is not to work nights/weekends (this too seems to be changing a bit). General Mills also feels like a great company for expecting moms, and parents with young children. The training they provide can be hit or miss, but in general, you learn a lot about the industry and operating in a large CPG company.

      Cons

      - I don’t think the GMI leadership has embraced the change that is happening in the industry and the job force. It feels like their mistakes to adjust to the lower consumer demand for once popular brands have been compounded by more mistakes being made to patch up the bottom line problem. Innovation in how they think about their businesses, capabilities and processes just doesn’t seem to happen (even though they say it is). They seem to fail to notice or understand that consumers and customers are changing quickly, and instead of dedicating resources to adapt to or, heaven forbid, get ahead of the curve of those changes, they seem more concerned with the bottom line. - When I first started at GMI, it was a given that pay won’t be as high as other CPG firms (not to mention having to endure harsh Minnesota winters), but the culture, stability and people would make it worth sticking around. Decisions made by upper level management that have been misguided, executed poorly, or simply out of touch with the reality of the situation internally and externally have severely impacted the culture, stability and people. Change is happening in the industry, and how CPG companies adapt to those changes is going to determine where they land in the future. Which brings me back to my first point: How does a company attract and retain high value millennial talent by underpaying employees, reducing benefits, implementing massive layoffs, not effectively adapting to a changing industry, and not embracing innovative thinking? Maybe that mindset of “If they want to leave, good, then they weren’t loyal and we don’t want them” could have worked in the past when business was good, the culture was positive and industry change wasn’t what it is today, but now it just sounds like hubris. I have a lot of friends at GMI, and I honestly want the company to do well, but if General Mills lets great talent walk out the door at the rate they are, the much needed innovation of thought and process is likely going with them. At that point, you have to ask yourself if your next generation of managers are going to do any better than the current.

      3.0
      Apr 10, 2015

      I used to love this company and working here. Now...............

      Manager
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      Pros

      This was a great company that cared about it's people. We were all working towards one common goal. People collaborated and moved things forward.

      Cons

      Over the past 3-5 years the culture of this company went to hell. The entire company is floundering and misaligned on priorities. Leadership made decisions about what the organization should look like assuming that mid-level management can change their ways and work together to rewire. Basically they need to accept no for an answer. Yea - that's no happening and leadership is too chicken to step in and make some unpopular decisions

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