Is General Mills a good company to work for?

General Mills has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 5,158 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months. 80% of employees would recommend working at General Mills to a friend and 63% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about General Mills have been left by employees working as Intern , Lab Technician and Account Executive .

Does General Mills pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, General Mills employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at General Mills. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at General Mills?

80% of General Mills employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated General Mills 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at General Mills?

Manager (87) , Analyst (56) , Machine Operator (55) , Associate Marketing Manager (50) , Financial Analyst (43) , Business Analyst (41) , Consultant (39) , Intern (36) , Finance Manager (34) , Senior Financial Analyst (31) , Senior Analyst (30) , Assistant Manager (28) , Promotor De Vendas (28) , Team Leader (28) , Auxiliar De Produção (27)

What are the pros of working at General Mills according to real employee reviews?

"The plant I worked at was full of great people and it was fun coming to work." ((in 411 reviews)); "Work life balance is good if you plan ahead and keep on top of your work." ((in 410 reviews)); "And Great benefits" ((in 355 reviews)); "Work Culture is good and flexible." ((in 115 reviews)); "Great opportunities to work cross functionally and expand your skillset." ((in 69 reviews))

What are the cons of working at General Mills according to real employee reviews?

"poor management and promotion practices" ((in 103 reviews)); "Bad Managers: GMI has a “Great Managers” program developed to improve the quality of people managers in marketing." ((in 71 reviews)); "Constant layoffs and restructuring in all departments." ((in 63 reviews)); "Also hires people directly out of college who have no leadership experience at all and puts them in charge of 20" ((in 55 reviews)); "Teams that were once highly motivated and worked long hours now leave the office promptly at 3:00 p.m. every day." ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about General Mills layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about General Mills layoffs and their outlook for job security at General Mills in 2026.

What General Mills locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Houston , Bentonville , Methuen , Chicago , Reed City , Rogers , Carson , Vineland , New York , Dallas

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General Mills reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,881 total reviews)

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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

2.0

Nov 13, 2016

DON'T COME HERE AS AMM!!!!!!

Associate marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good branding in resume, which will help a lot when recruiting again Good cross functional team members Nice campus and amenities (buy you mostly don't use them)

Cons

Is a HORRIBLE place right now. The marketing organization has the worse culture ever. They fire people every day. People who leave dont know why they leave because they haven't received bad feedback or ratings, is just a surprise. People who stay don't know why they stay. Marketing managers are not coached in developing people, they're great AMMs but lack manager abilities and the AMM ends up paying for those inexperienced guys. There's absolutely no one to admire the in marketing organization, very bad place to be right not. As AMM you have no decision rights, you're basically building decks all the time, you won't be using your brain that much. Passive agressive and very fake environment.

3.0

Sep 6, 2016

Catalyst Ruined GMI

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is great Dry cleaning, Caribou, company store, Erbert & Gerbert's, and auto service/gas station all on site

Cons

They laid off a sizeable chunk of the workforce last year and just added more work to the remaining headcount. It's not uncommon to see people work for 8-10 hours in the office and then log on for another 2-3 hours at home, EVERY NIGHT.

1.0

Dec 7, 2015

Finance Organization is Dillusional

Finance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people. Good Campus. That is it.

Cons

The organization has fallen into "tough" times mostly instituted by its own sequence of mindless actions. Continue to double down on "Hamburger Helper" and Meals and come out with frozen iterations of items no one buys. The Finance organization is stuck in the 70's where Merit does not get you promoted. Years of Service do. Top Experienced hires are treated as second class citizens as most leadership is inbred and only receptive to change on the surface. Millennial workforce will not wait a decade to get into Management when more pay and better opportunities are every where around. If you are highly motivated and sharp and want to move up within reasonable timelines RUN the other way. If you like working from home and enjoy minimal hours to get things done and nothing more and want to stay in one title/tier for a long time. Join GMI. Pay/Bonus is given not on individual performance but the performance of the company which is clearly not the summation of results. Or maybe it is. Weak talent = Weak Company performance.

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