Top notch talent, Slow and opaque management - Senior Associate Marketing Manager General Mills Employee Review

4.0
Jan 5, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are the best of the best. Everyone is super smart and the work they do is excellent. The hours are very flexible. It is not a face time culture. They don't even track your vacation. It is a very friendly and fun place to work.

Cons

It is an up or out organization, which is fine. But you definitely feel that hanging over your head. Especially when you see others get pushed out or the inevitable mass lay off comes. Performance evaluation is pretty opaque so it is hard to know how you are stacking up. It also really depends on politics. You could be a rising star under one management team but that could completely change depending on who your manager is.

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General Mills Response
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Thank you for your review. We share all of the comments from Glassdoor with the senior management team to continue to work on making General Mills a great place to work for everyone, your insights are very helpful!

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