Cargill Employer Reviews

Injured on the job. Would not let me come back to work. Injured knee. Had to have knee surgery and was off work for a few weeks with rehab. and was told from Cargill to take care of myself and everything will be fine. At the end of rehab. and ready to return to work, I was told I was not needed no longer. I loved the job. This really hurt my family – more...  bad especially in this economy. – less

Getting right on top of your job and not falling behind. The most enjoyable thing about this job is the money you work for. The hardest thing about this job is the labor.

Although Cargill is a huge company, it was enjoyable to work with other business units to make things happen. They were very serious about their food over fuel mission and they put extraordinary effort into food safety in all of their products.
I wish I had stayed there even though I was heavily recruited by another company.

there are many challenges in this position. You will never get bored.

• Performed laboratory tasks of treating Wastewater such as DAF, clarifier and aeration samples
• Waste Water Treatment testing

decent place to work with nice pay and benefits. I enjoyed doing something different.

Production Supervisor, accountable for daily process flow, budgeting, efficiency, and staffing. Responsible for holding monthly business meetings, kronos, attendance logs, reviews, performance correction notices, and day to day production tasks.

Great atmposhere, along with hard working co-workers who can advance into many different fields. Good work/life balance.

Fun to work with people, very good socializing.
Limited development and growth opportunities

I started out with Cargill Foods when the plant just opened. Was a labourer and worked very hard. I was noticed and was promoted to Lead Hand with in a very short time. After a year of performing well I was again noticed and promoted to Slaughter Floor supervisor. The culture at Cargill Foods was not fair towards employees with whom the upper management – more...  did not like, for what ever reason. I had to perform duties that were against my Ethics and Core Values. I stayed for seven years, but could not work in this culture any longer and had to find employment elsewhere. – less

I loved taking care of all the employees daily and watched them improve.

6:00-2:30 not bad good hours I learned to keep a knife shape. Management completely operating on a different level of any job I have ever had. Co-workers same as any the hardest part of the job the production to fast I was doing the highest level job and hardest. Hand hurting finger clinching in the morning as well as arms at times I could open my door – more...  to get out of room. There was no enjoyable part of that job. – less

I love this kind of work but it's stressful.you come in and start your rounds,check your equipment,you learn to pay attention to the sound of the equipment,i had no workers coming into my area .it was hot and real noisy.the hard part of the job was stress its a real stressful job.i just enjoy working with good equipment.

Awesome company to work for. Once you come on you usually never leave.

excellent office locations and good working environment, excellent workers, high level of learning, some short-term professional growth due to economic crisis

Truthfully, no day is ever a typical day. We always start with a pre-shift start-up meeting in which we discuss the tasks for the day and assign people to said tasks. Most everybody is cross-trained in many various positions so you really never know what you'll be doing from one day to the next, which isn't a bad thing because it keeps things from becoming – more...  monotanous and complacent. There are always opportunities arising to be able to learn new jobs, skills, and knowledge in general.
During my time here I've learned a lot I never realized about the grain industry and agricultural supply chains from field to store. I've learned how to load a barge, operate numerous types of mobile equipment, drive a locomotive, become more interactive with customers and contractors, welding and use of a plasma cutter, and how to better make split decisions on the fly.
I have mixed emotions about management. Some of my supervisors have a very keen eye for detail and are very aware of how the plant operates and how to handle problems that come up. Others don't seem to really understand everything that is involved in keeping our plant running and are quick to pass judgement when "hiccups" occur. They are all good people, but I do question some of their reasoning behind some of their decisions. They are all very understanding when it comes to problems that need to be attended to in our personal lives and continually work with us to allow us to take care of those things even though we work 60+ hours a week on average.
My co-workers are really a unique bunch and have made me feel at home here and part of a family, granted there have been a few that have come and gone that really just seemed to stir the pot. I have no issues with any of my current or past co-workers and have become very good friends with most of them. They are all really hard working people and everybody works very well together as a team.
The hardest part of my job is trying to plan/schedule things in my personal life. Often times we don't know what our hours will be from one day to the next and are typically changed at the last minute. I'm ok with this for the most part, but as a single divorced parent it does make it difficult for me to make plans and arrangements with my children. However, if an emergency does arise or if I can not make other arrangements (i.e. babysitter, grandparents) I have been allowed to leave early or come in later without penalty as long as I give proper notification. This has been extended to my co-workers as well.
The most enjoyable part of my job is having the opportunity to do different jobs on a daily basis. I like the fact that no day is ever the same. – less

Cargill is an amazing company with lots of incentives. They are 100% safety concious, environmentally sound.

I started in the Animal Nutrition Division which was an absolutely wonderful place to work. It was a wonderful close knit office with a laid back dress code and enviornment. The Animal Nutrition Values are values that most people use in thier daily life so I fell in love with the comany. I started in a temporary position covering for a few different – more...  people on medical and maternity leave. Once that was over the company wanted to hire me permenatly but there wasn't anything available at the time so I moved to the Grain and Oilseeds division. Grain and Oilseeds was a bit larger and not as close knit. I still enjoyed working for the comany however the position that I moved into was not the right fit for me and my skills set. – less

High focus on EH&S Company with high growing focus
High care for Environment proteacion

good money if you want your life to be cargill... if you have a family not worth it.... and the one i worked at puts the hurting to any body part