A little decency would be nice - Finance Ocean Spray Employee Review

2.0
Jul 23, 2019
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Pros

The people on the bottom level are good genuine hard working people who believe we are a family.

Cons

Corporate mentality has sunk in. Laying off people in a booming economy all because they can't figure out how to steer the ship. They bring in systems that never work correctly and don't have a clue what continuous improvement means. Figure out the problem first before making numerous changes, people have called out these issues but nothing is done about it. Business is business I get it, but there has been a lot of talent here and its like pulling teeth to get anything done that would seem like it should be common sense. I don't know if it is egos or laziness up at the top but companies that preach family should operate bottom up and not top down.

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Ocean Spray Response
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In July, Ocean Spray announced the final phase of its tech-led transformation, which will modernize our business and make it more flexible, as well as create more meaningful and strategic roles to deliver on our goals and growth strategy. Unfortunately, with that change, some of our colleagues will be transitioning out of our cooperative. We recognize the range of emotions this announcement caused, as demonstrated by these recent posts. We hope you will come speak with us about your feelings rather than post online-- we are here to help. We are confident this is the right business decision, both for our Farmer-Owners and for the health and growth of the business. Our goal has and will remain to treat any impacted colleagues with respect, provide them with assistance and transitional benefits, and also take care of our team as we move forward together. Our business strategy is working, we delivered on our commitments this year, and we are proud of the accomplishments all of our have colleagues worked so hard for. We remain excited and ready for the future.

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