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Pretty good company but safety is held too high
Fructose Project Engineer (Former Employee), Dayton, OH – December 17, 2012
Pros: able to make my job what i wanted
Cons: low pay for industry
Safety is so important if you get hurt by some means, you are doing something wrong and you are black listed. They will find a reason to get rid of you. They don't care how hard you have worked, time you have put in, or money you have saved them.
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great place to advance and learn a lot meat great people and treated like family
Supervisor of Rendering Department (Former Employee), friona, tx – December 17, 2012
Pros: ppl r extremely friendly, great advancement opportunities
Cons: short breaks and pay not that great but can be it is easy to put in around 80-90 hours a week
very safety oriented and friendly great work environment and ppl great place to move around learn other jobs and equipment and great chances to learn supervisory and relocate to other plants if u want
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Productive enviroment, and face paced
General Worker (Former Employee), Ottumwa, IA – December 10, 2012
Pros: the money is great
Cons: food in the caf is expensive
I Loved working at cargil, Went in set up my station and did multipule jobs everyday. I learned every job in the department that i worked in. The management was great but of corse they had their favorits. Co-workers were great for the most part unless you miss work, then your co-workers arent so friendly. I didnt think that any of the jobs that i did – more... we hard for me. I enjoyed working at a fast pace, and staying busy all day.. – less
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Enjoyed my co-workers
Laboratory Technician (Former Employee), Iowa Falls, IA – December 9, 2012
Pros: lots of free lunches.
Cons: short breaks, and long hours.
Ran analysis on "in process" samples and all finished product to ensure quality product. Creating COA's and giving the ok to ship out.
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Not a good company to work for any more. Bad management
Invoicing and Contract Coordinator (Former Employee), Minnetonka, MN – December 6, 2012
Cons: no management support for those who work only for the slackers.
You are over worked by being told that you do not do enough while others sit a talk all day. You are then told by management that you need to cover for the ones who talk all the time as they are to busy. Managers are verbally abusive to their employees and senior manegment and HR who see this happening does nothing about it.
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Not a good company to work for any more. Bad management
Invoicing and Contract Coordinator (Former Employee), Minnetonka, MN – December 6, 2012
Cons: no management support for those who work only for the slackers.
You are over worked by being told that you do not do enough while others sit a talk all day. You are then told by management that you need to cover for the ones who talk all the time as they are to busy. Managers are verbally abusive to their employees and senior manegment and HR who see this happening does nothing about it.
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Manager always pleased with work ethics, strong personal relationship with customers.
Inside Sales/Customer Service (Former Employee), Milwaukee, WI – December 4, 2012
Pros: challanged to find brokers to fill orders.
Cons: refusal of product.
Created spread sheet to move non sale commercial meats.
Developed excellent relationship with brokers across midwest.
Co workers nice.
Hardest part was trying to get a broker to buy enough product to complete a full truck load to a destination and also customer refusal of product upon delivery and finding a relocation for product.
Best part was exceeding – more... company goal in cleaning up all inventory of product rather than loss of profit. – less
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meat factory work
Machine Operator (Former Employee), Nebraska City, NE – December 3, 2012
typical day was working in the cold factory is kept about 40 degrees. learned how to operate machines to slice and package meat.
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cont. room,packer,railcar loading,truck loading
Control room tech,loader railcar loader (Former Employee), saginaw,tx – December 2, 2012
Pros: good benifits, money
Cons: the companyautomated my job
my responsibilities included day to day operations of product and its distribution, meet quota and deadlines. schedule loading of trucks and railcars,contact customers and /or drivers so loading is done in a timely manner, inspect railcars and trucks. help maintaina certified truck scale ,basic computer skills
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Good place to work, but you are own your own most of the time.
Production Management Engineering - Full time (Current Employee), Culpeper, VA – December 1, 2012
Pros: good people, very friendly, care about community.
Cons: needs a proper new hire program, needs small projects in different departments, often quiet and not including.
As a new hire, straight from college, I expected to be busy with new hire assignments, training, and career advancement. Instead I was meet with abandonment off and on, and had to find work for myself to do. I felt like I had no real purpose at the plant and was involved with little or no help after requesting to learn something. Not really satisfying.
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I loved the job i had at cargill
Laborer (Former Employee), Harrisonburg, VA – November 27, 2012
I never had a bad day at this company i really looked forward to going to work there.I met alot of great people.
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pork processing
meatpacking (Former Employee), Ottumwa, IA – November 23, 2012
Pros: medical insurance, benefits
In this work I learned many things both work and learn to live with people.
for me it was difficult to learn the work, because I was always attentive to the signs that my supervisor gave me.
What I like about my job was that there was activity all day to make.
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very bad
picnic skinner/shipping loader (Former Employee), Beardstown, IL – November 19, 2012
Cons: everything about this place
only work here if you need money till you get a better job they bend over backwards for foreign workers here but regular workers get the shaft and they love to fire people for the most petty things
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industrial environment with exposure to large scale projects
Project Engineer & Production Supervisor (Current Employee), Houston, TX – November 13, 2012
Pros: exposure to industrial setting
Cons: work life balance can be difficult
Typical day includes being responsible for the safety, quality, financial, and timeline related components for projects roughly $15 million in size.
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Good company
Multi-Task Operator (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – November 10, 2012
Pros: benefits
Cons: wages
Was here only one year due to a better career opportunity. Fast paced environment, work day was normally 8-10 hours, got along well with co-workers
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productive place to work with many opportunities
Supervising Manager (Former Employee), Beardstown, IL – November 3, 2012
Pros: the extra care that came from other departments such at nursing.
Cons: sometimes to much overtime and sometimes not enough
Learn about job safety and working in a safe inviroment. Deal with daily work related problems and try to fix them in a safe and timely manner..Work together as a team to make jobs more productive. Take time to get to know the workers and help them achive thier daily quota. Finding way to manage the down times without hurting productivity and daily – more... quotas.When the work days went smoothly without problems and working as a team. – less
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great workplace,good work environment
Warehouse Worker (Former Employee), Byhalia, MS – November 2, 2012
Pros: positive staff members
Cons: not enough work hours
I enjoyed working at cargill. I learned how to operate the forklift,pick orders,and load the trucks. Cargill has taught me many work skills and how to work with others. There wasn't anything hard about the job because once I was showed how to do something I learned how to do it instantly.
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We all socialize during break like family.
Pallet Builder (Current Employee), Gainesville, GA – October 27, 2012
A typical day at work for me is good.

What I learned at work is safety is always first.

Management is very organize at work.

I get along great with my co-workers. They very helpful when I'm in need.

The hardest part of my job is working on 2nd shift on a great day.

The most enjoyable part of my job is every is approachable.
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Challanging and rewarding
Millwright (Current Employee), Hammond, IN – October 22, 2012
Pros: good wages and benefits.
Cons: health care is a bit lacking.
Cargill has a strong concern for safety and quality. These are attributes I appreciate. The day in and day out routines are similar to other jobs but the focus at Cargill seems more sincere.
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Privately held company with great benefits and stability
Senior Field Manager (Current Employee), Central Missouri – October 17, 2012
Pros: autonomy, freedom to make decisions, good benefits, private company
Cons: defined market, very traditional promotion style, recognition in some departments is sparse
The company has given me opportunities to move, travel and learn new things. I have always worked independently and they value employees that can work that way. My co-workers are what keeps me here. I have always worked with the best people.
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