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
Jun 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very smart, motivated, talented people

Cons

Culture is currently extremely depressed given poor business performance and two rounds of layoffs in last two years. Marketing is extremely competitive and increasingly so. Decisions are way at the top and lower level people, even managers don't have any real authority or impact.

2.0
Mar 17, 2015

Only accept a job at HQ. AVOID the remote sites.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very professional team at HQ with great support from the home office. Wonderful people at HQ. Lots of employee give-a-ways. Cereal for life. Some departments are great to work for like QA and Engineering. 1/2 days on Fridays at HQ during summer months to make up for awful winters.

Cons

Local site management in manufacturing plants are the demise of the company. Many little fiefdoms with LOTS of office politics. Lazy people at the bottom, stupid people at the top, good hard working folks in the middle. Soap opera drama everyday. "Outsiders" treated very poorly.

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