Very supportive and great work/life balance - Manager GALLO Employee Review

4.0
21 Mar 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Joined Gallo 6 years ago after leaving a large tech publicly-traded company. Working for a family-owned company is much more aligned with my personal values and much better work/life balance that I ever had at my old company. I've had very supportive managers when I was an individual contributor. Benefits are great and compensation is at or slightly higher than the market, in my opinion. Very thankful we're still allowed to work remote 2 days per week.

Cons

My one feedback is that I didn't feel fully prepared for being promoted to manager. Gallo should be sending their top performers, that are on track for promotion to management, to leadership classes before promoting them. I was thrown into managing a team of 5 and did not feel adequately prepared.

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GALLO Response
1y
We appreciate your time in writing a review and we will be sharing your feedback with leadership. Thank you for your commitment to GALLO, and for sharing your experience. All the Best!

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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GALLO Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective. Your feedback is important to us and helps us continue to improve. As another step, please reach out directly to your Human Resources Business Partner so we can better understand your experience.
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