Arla Foods reviews

Not a lean organization at all. Too many middle managers and lack of mentorship from senior management ensures no growth for others

Complete lack of good/positive leadership - Canadian president has been in place for about 20 years and seems to be waiting out his time for retirement, with no interest in leading or affecting change. His bosses are in Denmark and with Canada being a small market, he seems to be able to fly under the radar for the most part and not have to be accountable for much. As such, upper management changes priorities on a weekly basis depending on whatever fire comes up, there is no good cross-functional cohesion (even though they have cross-functional leadership meetings in place), no structure for change or personal growth and not a very positive outlook for thre business as a whole. Walking into the office on a daily basis requires you be aware that you will hear cross-dept managers yell at each other in the hallways, you will liklely have to defend your course of actions to other depts on a regular basis, and may have to keep paper trails i order to defend against your boss throwing you under a bus. In 2011 I witnessed a minimum of person resign a month and many more interviewing - this in an office of about 75. Advice - run, don't even give this company a second look. You will have much better personal and professional happiness away from Arla