Ingredion reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(607 total reviews)
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James Zallie

78% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Ingredion has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 607 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ingredion 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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607 reviews
2.0
Jul 13, 2022

Dying Industry

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Pros

-Great 401(k) and decent benefits -Salary is competitive but with constant emphasis on cutting costs, very difficult to advance here if you're not destined for management. -A lot of change provides engineers with tons of opportunities to climb the ladder. -Challenging work and a good mixture of different learning opportunities

Cons

-The industry in which it operates is highly commoditized and margins are paper thin so employees are constantly asked to do more with less and this impacts salaries and bonuses as one could predict. -Poor culture, this is a management driven business with scarce resources so employees are often doing the work of multiple people -Horrible working conditions for individuals working in operations -If you're not in 'the boys club', good luck excelling your career. If you're a good golfer you will have a spot in management -Meetings on top of meetings to communicate up the chain wasted 30-40% of my time daily. -Culture is about as old fashioned as it can get.

1.0
Jun 9, 2022

Not about the people

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay and good benfefits

Cons

Not about the people at all

3.0
Oct 9, 2021

Great people — lack of focus

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Pros

Ingredion has been able to attract good talent. Comraderie is good. The food industry is a stable industry with slow predictable growth — so it’s not subject to boom bust situations. They have made some recent investments in the right areas — sugar reduction and plant protein, but any impact on the overall business will take many years to realize.

Cons

Lack of focus by leadership. Chasing too many initiatives, not enough resources (money + people) and working people far too hard. Performance relative to pears has suffered and stock has performed dismally as a consequence (down over 30% over the past three years). Management has tried to “save” its way to improve bottom line making matters even worse. The Board seems remote and disconnected. Pay lags industry an competition. Benefits are just adequate. There has been an acceleration in top talent leaving the business.

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