Does General Mills pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, General Mills employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at General Mills. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at General Mills?

80% of General Mills employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated General Mills 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at General Mills?

Manager (87) , Analyst (56) , Machine Operator (55) , Associate Marketing Manager (50) , Financial Analyst (43) , Business Analyst (41) , Consultant (39) , Intern (36) , Finance Manager (34) , Senior Financial Analyst (31) , Senior Analyst (30) , Assistant Manager (28) , Promotor De Vendas (28) , Team Leader (28) , Auxiliar De Produção (27)

What are the pros of working at General Mills according to real employee reviews?

"Work life balance is good if you plan ahead and keep on top of your work." ((in 404 reviews)); "The plant I worked at was full of great people and it was fun coming to work." ((in 403 reviews)); "And Great benefits" ((in 361 reviews)); "Work Culture is good and flexible." ((in 115 reviews)); "Good salary paid on time" ((in 71 reviews))

What are the cons of working at General Mills according to real employee reviews?

"poor management and promotion practices" ((in 104 reviews)); "Bad Managers: GMI has a “Great Managers” program developed to improve the quality of people managers in marketing." ((in 65 reviews)); "Recent layoffs were not handled well and some employees feel they set General Mills up for failure" ((in 61 reviews)); "Change in characteristics/behaviors that are valued by senior leadership" ((in 54 reviews)); "Teams that were once highly motivated and worked long hours now leave the office promptly at 3:00 p.m. every day." ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about General Mills layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about General Mills layoffs and their outlook for job security at General Mills in 2026.

What are the top reviewed General Mills locations?

Buenos Aires , Almirante Brown , Burzaco

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General Mills reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(3,886 total reviews)

Jeff Harmening

80% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Work/Life balance

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

General Mills has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 3,886 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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Reviews by job title

4K reviews

3.0

Oct 23, 2012

Associate Marketing Manager

Associate marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to work with extremely talented people across all functions. Great training ground - company does try hard to bring in external thought leaders. Summer Fridays are great.

Cons

Many AMMs are stretched way too then - the scope of the AMM desk often includes grunt work and project management that does not allow the head space needed to think creatively about driving the business. I would say Marketing is both sink-or-swim and up-or-out - don't expect any degree of hand-holding coming in even though you know nothing about the role.

1.0

Oct 17, 2012

Sick HR, Admin and few Managers

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Culture but only in US office.

Cons

India office is all about politics and victimizing people for personal ego. HR and Admin sucks. It took more than 70 days to get my full and final payment. I wonder with all the money they have or claim to have they cannot get efficient admin staff and a process for leaving employees. They have great managers training where they teach and preach how to be great manager but not in practice. All in all a manager in general mills India can screw any one of its team member's careers for personal reason or ego clashes.

3.0

May 14, 2011

Great company and leaders with good intentions...

Associate marketing manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company with strong moral fiber and leaders with good intentions/cares about employees...Management strongly supports employee development and flex work hours

Cons

weak on strategic vision and inability to prioritize causes poor work life balance...promotion track in marketing slow...and the "minnesotan nice" culture sometimes makes process/execution slow...while it makes the top ranking on diversity, the company (mainly through the marketing organization) is still run by very white male midwestern type guys...thus diversity of thinking and leaderships style is not appreciated as much, not because they don't want to, but because they don't have exposure to diverse thinking and don't understand how to leverage it

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