Interstate Bakeries Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – The upper manangment don't tell the complete truth to their employees.

Cons – I really think the company is going down hill

Advice to Senior Management – the need to be honest

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Interstate Bakeries full-time for less than a year

Pros – great people to work with

Cons – management ran company into the ground

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Interstate Bakeries full-time for less than a year

Pros – Learned a great deal there.

Cons – They closed their doors for good. Both management and the unions were fanatically at odds. Management dissipated countless opportunities to turn things around. In the end the misguided baker's union, led by a few old school union brass, brought the entire company down. It was a pity. The products were still great.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to your employees

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – Benifits are good, if mgmt dosen't keep messing things up! The best product in the business!

Cons – Senior Mgmt is totally clueless, they have no idea what it tekes to get a route done or what the comprtition is really like. They have either not done our job or are too far removed from it

Advice to Senior Management – why, we did that and they didn't listen! Thats one of the biggest problems!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – Great people to work with

Cons – Unfair treatment to all by upper managment

Advice to Senior Management – Learn ways to help motivate employeess if you cant increase pay

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – A good business for a person who likes to talk to their customers

Cons – Many long days and a lack of leadership

Advice to Senior Management – Please start listening to your sales staff. They are the ones who see your customers and evaluate the marketplace on a daily bases.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – A great place to work for people with limited education or mental abilities, good compensation and benefits

Custodians and cashiers get paid $17 an hour

Cons – Union culture, senority rules, work performance does not reap any benefits, limited advancement opportunities.

You can come to work on time everyday and do a great job or you can slack off take long breaks, call out, and have a better paycheck than the dummy that does everything right.

Advice to Senior Management – If there is any way possible to rid the company of all union agreements, please do so... (it is impossible to have a performance culture)

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Interstate Bakeries

Pros – salary and health benefits, most holidays off. the pay is very good but you do have to work hard for the money. It has a union .

Cons – no sick days. long hours. hot in the summer. most trucks have no A/C. IBC has been in bankruptcy for the last 3 yrs and still has not pulled out of it.

Advice to Senior Management – to hold people accountable for poor job performance. to make sure all accounts are being serviced properly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend