Hostess Brands Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – if you work hard it can be very good pay, i made 75k in 2012 early hours my avg. was 2am - 1pm but i enjoyed being home early. also i had a good supv

Cons – some may not like the hours and if you got a bad supv. it could be difficult

Advice to Senior Management – lack of quality and experience in upper mgmt. killed the business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Pay was good. Some great employees over the years.

Cons – Racism, lack of direction, lies from management

Advice to Senior Management – doesn't matter anymore they are closed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – the people were good and caring

Cons – company does not care about you

Advice to Senior Management – change your way you do business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time

Pros – To work to improve the culture and make a difference in the management team.

Cons – Any improvement attempted is fought at all levels and departments to keep the status quo for fear of raising the bar and possibly the performance expectations.
Extremely low integrity among management. Very low accountability for those not performing.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop expecting the same people who put the company in the position it's in to do any different than they've done since years before the last bankruptcy.
Stop trying to turn the company around with the same people who drove it into the ditch in the first place. It wasn't the union. It was supervision all the way through EVPs that did this.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for less than a year

Pros – Great pay, free products, decent working conditions, great bosses ( at certain depots ) really enjoyed the my coworker. Mostly hassle free management. Union job helped out allot. Allot of free time after the trucks are loaded. Depot management was awesome with letting you work over time and taking home product that was over ordered. you could smoke in the building

Cons – Allot of older drivers who were very set in there ways on how things should have been done. Surprise visits from the higher ups at any given time. No radio's in the warehouse, had to bring my own. Had to bring your own back brace or anything that would make your job easier.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't like about what is going on in the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good wages and benefits. Lots of overtime available.

Cons – No opportunity for any advancement or promotion

Advice to Senior Management – Show more appreciation to your employers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hostess Brands full-time for more than a year

Pros – You worked hard, but went home satisfied every day

Cons – Unions killed the company for good

Advice to Senior Management – If you reopen, do not negotiate with the unions. It needs to be a union free workplace

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Salary and benefits were good supervises good to work with

Cons – Too much corporate control plant manager could run the plant as he sees fit everything had to be okay from corporate too much red tape

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your workers like human beings not like numbers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hostess Brands full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good money if your willing to work for it

Cons – 55-60 hour work weeks that start around 3am

Advice to Senior Management – ditch the unions

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good pay for what we did

Cons – Very hard work and long hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company