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Ferrara Candy Company

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Misleading Hiring - Packer Ferrara Candy Company Employee Review

2.0
Feb 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are nice, and the work is steady.

Cons

Although they inform you in the hiring process of the possibility of working weekends and overtime, they never tell you that they will call an hour before they want you. They never tell you that they will decide for you if you're staying late. They never tell you that you have no control over your schedule/day off. And they certainly never tell you that they will work you seven days plus in a row. People would be okay with the hours if they had control over when they worked on the weekend and got to schedule their own OT.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Iconic brands Capable coworkers Cool office, and good location Real opportunities to build tangible experience

Cons

Very cut throat / unforgiving culture Poor work / life balance Poor IT systems Unrealistic deadlines, “Ferrara Fast” High employee turnover Most work is churn at the corporate level, does not feed into proper decisions / strategy execution at the executive level Short term performance management, worse than Private Equity companies. Week to week performance reviews of the business, leading to substandard results in market and serious risk of long term underperformance

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