Herr Foods reviews

3.6

56% would recommend to a friend

(142 total reviews)

Ed Herr

80% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Herr Foods has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 142 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Herr Foods 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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142 reviews
1.0
Oct 29, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

In hindsight there were no pros to mention.

Cons

Company is focused on religion and does nothing to hide this fact. If you like religion than this is the company for you. Unrealistic expectations and I cannot STRESS this point enough! Expect to put in 70 hour work weeks for peanuts basically. And for a company that stresses religion obviously they have no concerns for your family life. And management will blame the route sales people for taking too long in their daily activities. In a nutshell, the route sales position consists of you advertising for Herr's. You are pressured to get as much product exposure and placement as possible. It does not matter to management if products sell, as long as you are showing growth on paper. Management is obviously rewarded for getting the route people to get as many displays as physically possible. Management does not listen to employee feedback. And do not expect any sympathy from them for the long hours you are putting in. Herr's stresses the route sales position you are running is your own business. Herr's sends you to corporate for a week long orientation which stresses driver safety training and sales tactics. During the training you will hear over and over how the trainers stress that many of their employees have made long successful stays at the Herr's company. Turnover at this company is extremely HIGH. Expect to be placed on the worst routes as there is a reason these routes are open. Management will pass the blame as to why the route is failing on the previous route sales persons assigned to this route. During the interview process they will mention you will have to work a few select Saturdays. Beware that all the Saturdays will be on weeks with holidays. Hence you will work a 6 day work week, and the following week will require 6 days to catch up from your 2 days off. You will never have a 3 day weekend by the Herr's schedule. Rewards for sales contests are pathetic. Employees generally view the rewards as a joke.

4.0
Oct 15, 2012

Great Family Owned Snack Business

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Family Atmosphere, strong management team

Cons

Long hours, regional focus without dominant approach

2.0
Mar 4, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- If you hit your sales goals there is money to be made - you do get attention when you do well - Ownership really seems to care about every employee - family atmosphere - Never any lay offs

Cons

- Dont hit your sales goals your dead meat - If you dont kiss butt your deadmeat - No matter how well you do when you do something that isnt 100% company policy even if its for the better your deadmeat - get on mgrs bad side you NEVER get off - long hours for not much pay -unrealistic sales goals - company does NOTHING to promote it self - Drug plan is terrible -Mgrs are a collection of who kissed the best butt - Holiday weeks are extremely stressful - When you do well your recognized but when you do bad everyone knows it including the other sales reps - Mgr had terrible breath and did nothing about it. - Mgr got rid of anybody who didnt follow his ridiculous sales ideas. Even though he hadnt been in the field for years - Mgmt out of touch with reality - Penny pinching constantly - The secretary steals out of sales reps deposits. One time I triple counted and had my DM count and came up five dollars short. Got written up - Write up are plentiful -

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