General Mills Inc. IT Department Employee Reviews
Briefly describe your overall experience at your company
Good. I am happy to work here. Lots of opportunites. Competent.
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What do you like best about the leadership team?
The leadership team is very visible and approachable,
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Thinks holistically, and with a broader view of the world.
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They are thoughtful and decisive
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easy access and open communication
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Focus on personal & professional development, working hard to embrace transparency, genuinely care about me as a person.
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What does the leadership team need to get better at?
Changing corporate culture to work differently, i.e. make faster and better decisions to allow us to compete more effectively in the marketplace.
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What is the best part about your compensation package?
Parental Leave, Flexible Work arrangements, Sabbatical,
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Flexible scheduling and summer hours!!
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Vacation and Health benefits are the best part.
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Very competitive base pay, together with stocks awarded
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good mix between fixed and bonus and shares.
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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
General Mills is not equitable with promotions - it is much more difficult to get promoted based on actual job performance, versus being in a minority group or being part of the "in" crowd. The corp culture respects diversity, but only in terms of race and gender - diversity of thought/style is not
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The promotion process favors the "squeaky wheel" and can get rather political, which can leave deserving people in the dust. For the level of contribution I've made and the skills I have, I should have been promoted sooner than I was.
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I would like to see compensation modeled after the structure of team work and agility that is necessary for our company to succeed. Right now people are pitted against one another, hope that someone has some small flaws/failure that puts them at the bottom 10%. Terrible for trust and collaboration.
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What are some of the best things about your team?
The talent, the willingness to jump in to help on anything, the dedication
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Very supportive and flexible and always willing to step in
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Smart, hardworking and caring people. We help and support one another, and it is not a competitive environment at all.
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Friendly environment. Good team spirit.
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We are global team, learning about and respecting our differences. We challenge each other and respect innovation and experimentation
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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?
Our team's communication could be better.
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Need to reduce the number of unproductive meetings. Need to encourage productive discourse to work differently, and make better, faster decisions
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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
The collaboration. We have a work area where desks are not assigned so you can move around as needed to work with others and leadership sits in the same area.
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Good compay policies. Work life balance.
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Teamwork and a culture of helping each other, we succeed (or fail) together
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Given the opportunity to learn and grow your skill set.
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General Mills really emphasizes bringing your whole self to work. This means your manager supports involvement in clubs and committees, team building activities, and flexible work schedules to encourage you to be your best and whole self.
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What needs to change to make the company culture better?
More inclusive and diverse as well as more effective meetings. too many meetings going on all day
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What did you like most about the interview process?
I interviewed with a number of people on the team I would be joining. It was good to get a feel for the team and the actual work done by the team I would hopefully be joining. I believe General Mills is more interested in ensuring the personality fit is good.
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I met with different people from the team and got feedback
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It was over 2 decades ago since I was interviewed as an external hire. I have been in some internal interviews, which I did not enjoy because the candidate was already selected beforehand. The interview process was conducted to adhere to guidelines and give the appearance of transparency.
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Not stuffy - the interviewers were friendly and open. Most interviews felt more like a conversation than an interview.
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Client interview. Techincal objective round. Onboarding process.
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What would you improve about your company's interview process?
It was several years ago but they were changing systems and all the Resume and Background info was lost a few times requiring duplicate effort. Also, they had contractors setting up interviews and offered very short lead times to come in and speak in person
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What makes you most happy at work?
Interacting with the people I work with. Hearing their good ideas and being able to work collaboratively with them.
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The atmosphere, the challenging work and the team work, the freedom I have to do work that interests me.
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Having the flexibility to complete my work in a manner that works best for me.
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Have an exciting idea, move it forward
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positive environment and nice people - supportive - flexible and good work place with amenities
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