BIG Company lost in Chaos - Anonymous employee General Mills Employee Review

3.0
12 Feb 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good learning experiences, good benefits, friendly and intelligent people, nice campus, close to downtown Minneapolis.

Cons

Highly political, many managers mentality is stuck in the "old school boys club". The push for innovation and speed to market consistently fails resulting in two restructuring efforts that eliminated 800 people both in 2012 and 2014/2015. Big company unable to understand or grasp a small business mindset they are determined to be.

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Pros

Good work life balance, many people fully remote or hybrid

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Work life balance, pay, company culture

Cons

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