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      Hormel reviews

      3.3

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (675 total reviews)
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      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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      675 reviews
      4.0
      Jul 31, 2012

      Great company for recent college grads

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great training programs with a lot of opportunities to advance within your career

      Cons

      Long hours and up to 7 days a week. Lacks work life balance

      4.0
      Dec 1, 2011

      Great Company

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Hormel is a great company. 50% of the company stock is owned by a charitable organization (Hormel Foundation). They have a long range focus. Not next quarter.

      Cons

      Hormel promotes from within, but will force you to relocate. If Hormel purchases a new company, then future managers will be transfered from within Hormel and into the new acquisition. Employees from within the acquisition are rarely promoted (why I left).

      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
      Business Outlook

      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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