Does Hormel pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hormel employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hormel. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Hormel?

50% of Hormel employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hormel 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Hormel?

Production Supervisor (69) , Territory Manager (19) , Maintenance Engineer (15) , Associate Maintenance Engineer (12) , Machine Operator (10) , Production Worker (10) , Supervisor (10) , Sales (9) , Category Analyst (8) , Manager (8) , Production (8) , Sales Representative (8) , Account Executive (7) , Customer Executive (7) , Industrial Engineer (7)

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

"Hormel pays okay and the benefits are good." ((in 78 reviews)); "Great for people who don’t care about morals but will do whatever it takes to move up quick & make money fast." ((in 53 reviews)); "Great culture; people are welcoming to questions; work for me as an intern was relevant and tasks that the other auditors would have been doing" ((in 30 reviews)); "Coming out of college the salary is competitive." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great opportunities if you are willing to learn the business and be flexible." ((in 17 reviews))

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

"No work life balance but an awesome group of employees" ((in 59 reviews)); "Poor management and leader ship." ((in 29 reviews)); "Long hours and weekends." ((in 25 reviews)); "Many middle to upper management are just waiting to retire and this is an absolute drag on everything Culture promotes excessive work and work" ((in 16 reviews)); "barely any room for growth with no diversity what so ever" ((in 10 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed Hormel locations?

Austin , Rochelle , Osceola , Beloit , Dubuque , Atlanta , Tucker , Minneapolis , Knoxville , Irvine , Chicago , Wichita , Bethlehem , Eden Prairie , Algona , New York , Fremont , Fort Smith , Cincinnati , Orange , Naperville , Suffolk , Houston , Orlando , Boston , Aurora , Omaha , Papillion , Oklahoma City , Austin

Hormel reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(675 total reviews)

James P. Snee

54% approve of CEO

27% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.7

Senior management

Hormel has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 675 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hormel 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

675 reviews

2.0

Jul 7, 2011

Not a good position to accept if you want to do real engineering without a promotion

Maintenance engineer

Recommend

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Pros

Hormel has great pay and benefits. They are accommodating to days needed off. They will try their best to make the company feel more close knit than most major companies do.

Cons

The position of maint. engineer is not an engineering position as they make it out to be, it is a glorified supervisor. Maintenance is often singled out for any issues resulting in lost manufacturing time even though equipment performance is not the issue. Advancement is not as quick as they make it out to be, they tell you that after a year there will be advancement available to the engineering division but that is not true.

4.0

Jun 29, 2011

Good Job for what it is, but a strong company

Territory manager

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Pay was good Company car Lots of Perks ie cell phone, home cable paid for, and good benefits good training and continuing training Great people-management is nice and your co-workers are good (some people suck but that's everywhere you go) You get to travel

Cons

The future growth in the sales program is a bit limited. If I were to have stayed with Hormel in sales I would still be doing what I was doing when I first started. There is no difference between an entry sales position and a senior sales position except for the pay and territory size. If you have aspirations of moving into corporate be prepared to live in Austin (no not texas, which would be cool), Minnesota and go to Torgies everyday and live next to your boss. There should be the plant in Austin with corporate in Minneapolis where there is a good living situation away from the job.

4.0

Jun 24, 2011

The people at Hormel want to groom you from the ground up to work in the company your whole life.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-The benefits are great -The pay is decent -The people you work with are awesome most times -There is tremendous opportunity for advancement within the company -Due to the small size you are given a lot of opportunity to really show off your skill, and shine to management - The training is really great, they want to train you to make you better so that you can get promoted within the company - There are many travel requirements (pro if you like to travel) - Nice, midwestern people seem to genuinely care about your best interests in most situations

Cons

- long...long...LONG hours - due to the size and the way the organization is set up, there aren't very many people to work in each of its' facets, meaning that everyone has to take on more individually to make the machine run - If you work in a sales capacity, you have to move around A LOT (which can be a con if you have a family or a life and want to stay somewhere long), and if you're not in a sales capacity, you usually get stuck in a tiny midwestern town near one of the plants (not an exciting life in most cases)

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