Cargill Employee Reviews
Out of 289 Cargill employee reviews, 81% were positive. The remaining 19% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Cargill improve their work culture. The Finance team, with 100% positive reviews, reports the best experience at Cargill compared to all other departments at the company. The Product team offered the most constructive feedback, with 28% of that department's reviews constructive in nature.
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Hierarchical and paternalistic, an old-boy environment. Unwilling to adopt new ways of working.
Review from Product Dept · Posted 6 days ago
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
Posted 21 days ago
What do you like best about the leadership team?
DMac is an excellent CEO. Very real, very approachable and accessible. Sets a great tone for the rest of the company.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
Focus on diversity and growing the female leaders
Posted 21 days ago
Great providing the directions to grow more businesses with sustainable ways
Really open with decisions and good communication
It's a team so we strive to work together to get the tasks accomplished.
What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Caring about employees. get us some support from HR
very bad, I went into a PYP program, nobody toll me nothing about
Review from Operations Dept
Being an actual team, people get special treatment because theyve been there for 20+ years
Getting genuinely in touch with labor force and customer service level employees.
Poor place to work at. No communication Horrible Work hours always cut due to shutdowns.
What is the best part about your compensation package?
Base pay and bonus structure.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
a new employee gets half as much vacation walking in the plant than I do after 35 years
Salary, benefits and compensations and STI
Good leave , fair compensation , good work life balance
I get pay according to my job and hours that I work for. Everything is going well
Review from Product Dept
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
The company has not kept up with the market and inflation
Posted 21 days ago
I think the company should try harder to adequately and fairly assess my particular skill set, allowing me more opportunities to ascend the hierarchical ladder. As it stands currently, it remains quite difficult to see any major improvements of positions, thus hindering employee motivation.
wages commensurate with the market AND similar roles within cargill
Ive been sent home early when things still neded to be done, I reported it to my supervisor and the team leas was not supposed to do it.
Pension freeze with less than adequate and unfair replacement with 401k match. Should offer ESOP to production employees Salt division.
What are some of the best things about your team?
Everyone supports one another. Collaboration over competition.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
They are team players and supportive teams
Review from Product Dept
hardworking individuals. love em to death
high performance, commitment, knoledge, focus
Review from Operations Dept
The team's willingness to go the extra mile so that the customer isn't negatively impacted.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Be open to new ways of working; get comfortable with being uncomfortable. The old ways of working are dead.
Review from Product Dept · Posted 6 days ago
treat employees the same. quit babying the worst employee we have
Put person benefit away, and focus on making the company and the customer better
Stop stop being fake and be true to what they're saying
Review from Operations Dept
Communication and tips to do a better team work
Review from HR Dept
What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
Sense of trust. No one is looking over our shoulders or counting time in seats.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
some of the employees care more than Cargill
The company is divest. There is equality within in the company.
Review from Product Dept
team work, actions plan, engagement
Review from Operations Dept
Able to bring your best self to work and not be harrassed for the attributes that make you who you are. We get to be our authentic selves.
What needs to change to make the company culture better?
New leaders who are effective in working in the post-COVID world. Adopt a radical candid approach to conversations. Don't penalize employees for pushing leaders to think and act differently.
Review from Product Dept · Posted 6 days ago
I believe that executives should communicate more with those lower down in the hierarchy.
More honesty, with less lip service to topics in the news
Management at the Owatonna plant
Review from Product Dept
They need to stop playing favorites
Review from Operations Dept
What did you like most about the interview process?
Easy and understanding the language.
Review from Product Dept
differents interviews with differents leaders
Review from Operations Dept
I was able to learn more about the company's expectations from me.
Review from Finance Dept
The exposure to company executives during the process.
Getting to know more about the postion and whats expected of me
What would you improve about your company's interview process?
more is expected from some employees than others
Be fair. Choose the right person not the one you know can be easy to control but lazy
Review from Operations Dept
Just communication I feel it's all a who's guess best when it comes to the farms.
Review from Operations Dept
What makes you most happy at work?
Relative lack of stress. I'm trusted to do a good job and am not hampered by non-productive annoyances.
Review from HR Dept · Posted 9 days ago
The well treatment of the employees by the company.
Review from Product Dept
Compensation Packages and providing to the world's food supply.
my teams, challenges, our base employes
Review from Operations Dept
The pay is very competitive.
What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
we don't get the feed out on time. no one listens
Pay your people for our hard work
Poor communication and poor leadership
Stressful. Rude line coaches supervisors
Review from Product Dept
Stop being so cheap on the employees give them boys what they need to get the job done
Review from Operations Dept
What do you like best about your company?
Opportunity and growth possibility as well as chance to travel to other countries
Review from Operations Dept
What would you most like to see improved at your company?
The point system we have a hard job only get 7 points no half points and you have to wait a whole year for that point to roll off
Review from Operations Dept