Where to even start. Having seen both great and poorly run companies, I know that things can always be worse and try to focus on the positive, but right now Ferrero (Parsippany location) may be a case study of terrible management and culture.
It's one thing to be toxic and dysfunctional, but its unforgiveable and downright cruel when management is aware of the issues, has acknowledged it, and consciously refuses to do anything about it, at one point stating that people want to feel part of a team so maybe getting rid of remote work is the solution, and bring people back 5 days! Staying away from the toxic office is perhaps the only thing making it tolerable for many people.
Whatever role you come in at, that's it. There will be no career path or clarity on what it takes to move up. If anything, you'll be gaslighted, given fake (or impossible) goals and targets, and those will change once achieved. There are no formalized rotations, so most people simply feel 'stuck' in their role.
This is a chocolate company, which should be fun, and bright, and buzzing with energy right!? Wrong. I've never seen such a dour, unhappy group of people (me included). We shuffle in quietly, mostly dead silent during the day, and people sneak out quietly as early as they can. The office is also a study in depression - beige everything, no art or color allowed, no branding or design, you wouldn't know if you were in a 80's accounting company or Ferrero. HR literally yelled and cursed at people to clean up the area as nothing was allowed to be on desks or floor....for marketing....which NEEDS to have things like product, displays, art, etc.
Super bureaucratic, management by fear and threat rather than encouragement and reward. You're kept out of all meetings unless you're VP and above, so you wont understand what is being done or how decisions are made, you'll find out too late that something changed, and yelled at to complete the task you are unclear on which is already late thanks to terrible communication. I've heard from too many people that they feel stupid and incompetent, not because they are, but simply that's how they're being treated. Unempowered, underappreciated, overworked, and gaslighted.
Welcome to Ferrero, enjoy the chocolate, you'll need it to survive each day.
