Hostess Brands Reviews

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

Pros – My customers are the only good things. Pretty much left alone unless there is a problem. Pay is OK except it's not what it use to be

Cons – No support. The management don't have any real knowledge of the business. The manage feels that they can run everything from behind the desk

Advice to Senior Management – Some one needs to be in direct contact with store management . The rsp doesn't have the time to stand around.

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 7 years

Pros – It was a good job before they took nearly 1/4th of the salary away Depends on what position you have for how many hours you work. Inside workers are 40/45, route sales are 60+

Cons – Poor management. Use of cardboard that is thrown away after one use; there is money for that, but not to pay your workers. real nice. Terrible hours, wage reductions do not make me wanna work any harder

Advice to Senior Management – Be a manager, do not run routes. Your job is to manage people and sell our brand. Not be vacation relief

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

Pros – Great brands!!! The company has the right pieces to be a success!!

Cons – The DSM job is over worked, too many items on their plate

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more people so DSMs are able to sell and do more to impact the bottom line.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hostess Brands full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – right now you get 40 hrs and overtime and paid vacations

Cons – they took our pension and is in bankruptcy

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 part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Hostess Brands has benefits and are unionized, so you are protected. Also, they have an adequate pension plan for the time being.

Cons – Hostess Brands has filed bankruptcy AGAIN. It is a company with a lot of potential, but it is so poorly managed that it's being driven into the ground. Also, the job stability is no longer existent.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your workers instead of using them. We're the ones who know what the company needs anyway.

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 – None that I can think of. Pays ok, but they are cutting that, benefits were good, but they are cutting those also.

Cons – To many to list,
Long Long thankless hours, split days (nights) off, working weekends, no life/work balance at all.
Lazy, incompetent managers that hide in the office and send emails.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire some management that can actually do the job, sell the company to someone else

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hostess Brands

Pros – If you look to work long hours .... this is the place

Cons – Rotating schedule throughout the day

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

Pros – pay, benefits and expenses. Vacation is good too. I have enjoyed my territory as well.

Cons – unstable- Everyone in mid/senior leadership is there because of time on job and not knowledge, There is a lot of waste that goes in the trash that could be additional GP.

Advice to Senior Management – sell to a capable owner

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

Current Employee – been working at Hostess Brands

Pros – decent money, Get off work at a decent hour

Cons – upper management doesnt know anything, mismanagement of funds, treat employee's like crap. Keep taking more from the Route guys, we are already some of the lowest paid.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn what your doing

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 a year

Pros – There is no best reason to work here. The benefits are sub par, there is no quality of life, you work a split week where you almost never see your family. The best parts are the employees that are trying to do a good job, even though we dont have the resources to give them

Cons – always having to do work for other districts. DSM is almost never an actual manager, he is just a glorified route driver. upper management shuffles you around like a pawn on a chess board

Advice to Senior Management – upper management could not manage their way out of a paperbag.

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