General Mills reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,882 total reviews)
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Jeff Harmening

81% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

General Mills has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,882 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The General Mills employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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5.0
Oct 31, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Results oriented environment Values diversity (of thought, background) Sustaining work/life balance is encouraged

Cons

At times, style over substance plays into promotion opportunities

5.0
Oct 25, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

amazing access to leadership project work has tremendous impact and support from finance function peers are intelligent and fun to work with Efforts to develop people and help them grow are great

Cons

Finance is still a support function that sets the ground rules for which the marketing department makes decisions and supply chain and logistics make decisions to save the company money and spend money responsibly.

5.0
Oct 7, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- bright motivated people who will surprise you with their industry knowledge - challenging work that pushes you for data and analytics but more importantly, insights - fun and friendly culture - clearly values it's people and treats them well - builds broad business background with financial leadership program

Cons

- opportunities for continued education are limited to a few schools and a competitive sponsorship program - opportunities for international experiences limited to upper management levels and not analyst level - can get stuck with less glamorous rotations but all do built general management experience

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