General Mills reviews

Currently the morale in my department is quite low. The low morale is not conducive to a good work environment. Adding to the low morale is a general distrust of the managers due to the lack of communication and all support calls and screens being recorded. My current manager is clueless and the manager above him is a complete type A control freak who does not appreciate anything other than what she knows or has set forth. The current company decision making is too slow and does not give the sense of a company moving forward other than purchasing other companies. Management at General Mills does not like to hear the word "NO" when it comes to any decision, process, idea etc. One can have supporting evidence and a valid reason why you said "NO" and it will fall on deaf ears and be ignored. The repercussion to the employee is a bad end of year review with a reputation of being "difficult to work with". This also leads into the "nice" culture at the corporate offices. They are too nice which leads to bad decisions being made because no stands up to say "no" when it should be said.

A new policy in the sales organization requires employees to move anywhere/anytime with virtually no input. Kids are hired out of college and put into roles well beyond their skill sets/ability level. Kids are hired in 'classes' and moved along after a year in role - regardless of performance - terrible employees get passed along to other teams b/c no one wants to deal with them. Employees hired from the outside with experience are treated as outsiders and there are even separate policies dedicated for advancement, etc. Multiple layoffs within the last few years as well as cost cutting measures across the board signal that General Mills is in trouble.