Great place to start career, not finish career - Anonymous employee General Mills Employee Review

3.0
Dec 20, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great learning environment for college grads. Educational opportunities within company - can learn a lot if you want. Smart people to work with. The gym at corporate is convenient Learn great base skillset

Cons

Upward career movement slow Hard to move to different departments once you have established yourself in one Company has been bloated with middle management for quite some time. That is finally changing now with recent layoffs. Individual rating system is flawed. Everyone gets very similar scores. Not much differentiation. Benefit package is average, nothing to get excited about.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2026
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Pros

Good work life balance, many people fully remote or hybrid

Cons

Layoffs are often and if you don’t move quickly you get caught up in them

4.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Great culture and truly amazing coworkers. Strong company history of success with iconic brands.

Cons

The company is going through a super tough season. Lots of jobs being moved offshore and it feels like nonstop restructuring / job loss. Job security feels very tenuous and morale is low.

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