Steuben Foods Reviews

Read the reviews that specifically talk about marketing, not the factory. Have enough sense to recognize that the only decent reviews are scams written by the company or people who work in the plant, not the office. Connect on link ed in with some people who have worked in the marketing department. There are a lot of ex-employees who would gladly share their experiences to help you avoid the worst mistake of your career. Everyone reads the reviews and thinks it can't be that bad... until they uproot their lives for this nightmarish company. It rarely takes long for new employees to see what's really happening. Unfortunately, highly skilled people leave long term positions and some even move their families across the country for these jobs, and rarely last even a year. They hire some amazing people, who are promised the world, with plans for “innovative new national product launches”- those marketing campaigns will never actually happen. If you're interviewing, ask them what they did with their previous products, they will blame prior employees or any other excuse they can think of. The truth is that they constantly develop new products and don't market or support them whatsoever. Expect to be available 24/7, even on vacations, Sundays, etc. They have no respect for your personal time. You will be on mandatory meaningless conference calls every Sunday, they often retract your vacation time with no notice, and even call people back from vacations on a whim. They hire and fire often and without any justification. Average turn around is 6 months. That is, unless you are related. Sales leadership is ridiculously unqualified, and blames poor performance on marketing, deflecting from total incompetence with irrational tantrums and childish outbursts. You will be screamed at, intimidated and treated like trash. Regardless of your experience, education, or qualifications- if you express an opinion, or dare to disagree with anything, you are let go without a second thought, like the many before you. Upper management encourages drama and blame-shifting, hires and fires on a whim, brings in a steady stream of overpaid consultants to try to find fault with everything. These consultants generally last a matter of days before recognizing that the situation can't be fixed, because it all stems from horrible incompetence and unpredictability of upper management.

It all start from the top. The owner is very old school. during the interview process he will promise you the world throw a huge salary and agree to set you up for future success that is impossible to achieve. but in the end you are just another one of his many overpaid puppets. it's his way or the highway and will look down upon you if you do not agree with his logic. Be prepared to be set up with unrealistic expectations. Schedules weekly Sunday afternoon conference calls. The turnover in the sales and marketing department is downright comical. Your colleagues will great you with open arms until you start working with them. HR department is unapproachable. The door to the HR office is locked for "security reasons" and they have what looks to be a glass "drive thru" window. you stand outside the window while the receptionists makes eye contact with you but ignores you. this can happen on your 30 minute lunch or 10 minute break. Nepotism is a big part of the company. If you are not part of the HR "click" then good luck having a successful career here. Most of the decisions made are reactionary. Rules and regulations are changed constantly. Management and supervision have potential. Most are approachable and very easy to work with. In the end HR controls most of the decisions and will veto anything they don't agree with. Good luck trying to take a vacation.You must submit all of your time by the end of January and can still be denied your weeks. You are always on call. If production numbers are low HR demands that you take mandatory paid/unpaid days off.