Horrible management, zero consistent policies - Anonymous employee Middleby Employee Review

1.0
23 Nov 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It was a job that I tried to accomplish despite being hindered at every step by talentless managers with no soft skills or technical knowledge to speak of.

Cons

Middleby upper management is laughably incompetent. They will delegate tasks to other departments while denying them access to critical information needed to complete them. They will make changes on the fly without any defensible logic or reason and then defend their decisions with "because I'm the leader!" while providing zero evidence that anything they're doing is remotely effective. Then, when bad news comes, they blame everyone else for failing them, like when they put up a big countdown clock announcing when we'd be terminated for failing to "turn things around" for them. I reported numerous HR issues to management but was told I was in the wrong for not being thick-skinned enough. With that attitude, you can see how sabotage would run rampant at a division losing money hand over fist. Great leadership!!

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
9 Dec 2025
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Pros

I think I made a mistake by taking their offer of employment. There are much better places with better trained leadership.

Cons

All. Only positive is my biweekly paycheck.

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