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Great Lakes Cheese reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(184 total reviews)

Dan Zagzebski

84% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Great Lakes Cheese has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 184 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Great Lakes Cheese 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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184 reviews
3.0
Jan 14, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I had 5 different supervisors in 16 months. Any review I was due for raise I had to ask and was reviewed by supervisors that knew nothing about me. Upper management was leaving to go elsewhere along with head of Safety, and even production manager on 3rd walked out. Supervisors that had been there 10 plus years left and started new at new company. Be prepared to work overtime with no warning. Was working 4 12 hour shifts then two 8 hours then switched to less but had to work a LOT of Saturdays. If third shift it’s sanitation so get ready to work Friday and Saturday nights and if the orders aren’t done the machine will run most of the night and will be forced to stay sometimes until noon on Sunday after the machines are washed and assembled for Monday first shift. No incentives for referrals. Good benefits for the most part and profit sharing after a year. If you don’t plan on staying on 3rd don’t even start on third. It took months to get off after my health was struggling. I had to threaten to leave after 6 months of being patient for them to put me on 3rd. But if you like third. It’s the best Crew! Good money but poor management and HARD on your body if your on the shred machines.

Cons

Read above. Poor upper management lack of family work life balance

3.0
Dec 20, 2024

Great Lakes Cheese

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

GLC offers a great ESOP, that compounds pretty quickly

Cons

GLC has a strict attendance policy that drives high turnover in the first year of employment. However, if people make it past year 2, they're likely in for the long haul.

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