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Good Culture and internal promotion
Operations Intrn (Former Employee), Timberville, VA – October 10, 2012
Pros: free lunch on for holidays
Cons: work some weekends
Internship wasn't hard, but you can work long hours. Bosses vary greatly by department and a lot of the employees dont speak english.
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productive and good money
Package Handler (Former Employee), Ottumwa, IA – October 7, 2012
i leared how to be fast at doing things and getting things done and being responsiable for my job. the hardest part for me would be when id have to stack up the boxes cause the line was not moving id get frusted cause the meat would fall off and i have to pick it up and they are heavy boxes ...i liked working there cause its pays really good and good – more... hours – less
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Lovely Place To Work For Hard Workers
LABORER/ MOLDING (Former Employee), Ottumwa IA – October 3, 2012
I enjoyed employment at Cargill but had some misfortune things happen to me there.
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Inconsistent values
Health Unit Manager (Current Employee), Dayton, VA – October 2, 2012
Company's Core Values are good, but Management doesn't always practice this. Different locations operate inconsistently and ofter lack leadership to help others succeed.
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Machine Operator (Current Employee), Milwaukee, WI – September 26, 2012
Pros: flexible schedule
Cons: lots of overtime
Racist management, You are sitting on your behind more than you are working. I learned how to operator machines. The hardest part of the job would be do deal with the racial comments towards Black staff members from upper management who are hispanics.
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Deep breath of roles in different businesses
Design Consultant - Supply Chain (Former Employee), Hopkins, MN – September 24, 2012
Pros: good benefits and perks
Cons: slow in decision-making, too many layers to approve a decision
Good company to work for. There is a lot of advancement opportunities to move laterally onto a different business.
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Safety Culture
Safety Manager (Former Employee), Friona, TX – September 23, 2012
Pros: great team
Cons: managerial incompetence
I had full support of Cargill Corporate in funding and implementation of safety engineering solutions. The issue with management is that many line supervisor staff are not the right persons for the job.
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Pork Plant Environment
PRODUCTION/QUALITY ASSURANCE TECHNICIAN (Former Employee), Ottumwa, IA – September 21, 2012
What I enjoyed the most about this job was the great responsibility one has when it comes to foos safety thats being processed all around the world.
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I have five years of experience in production supervision
Shift Supervisor (Former Employee), Sugar refinery in Syria – September 20, 2012
Pros: free lunches, transportation, and medical insurance.
Cons: 45 min/day as breaks, healthcare, gmb.
•Management the Autonomous refinery operations and utilities on a defined work shift and team.
•Management shift team to run desired production rates, meeting necessary process and quality parameters.
•Preparing the procedures of operation, cleaning, sanitation, starting up, and shutdown.
•Writing the shift reports and discussing the duties with shift – more... supervisors, and management.
•Ensuring product meets customer specifications.
•Management and leading refinery personnel; nurtures a high performance work team environment.
•Minimizing operating costs through the effective utilization of energy, utilities and chemicals.
•Troubleshooting issues arising during the shift.
•Partnering and communicating maintenance and efficiency issues with the appropriate maintenance personnel.
•Assessing team training needs and ensuring training is received in the areas of safety, environmental, human resources, technical, quality assurance, team skills, and individual skills.
•Working on control room (DCS) with Siemens System (PCS7).
•I was one of the team who made modifications for conveyors (chains, belts, screws, and elevators), and pipes to increase the product to obtain the maximum capacity.
•Be part of the team who commissioned the equipments in each station in the plant.
•Training in all units in this company (refining plant, and utilities units) – less
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Great Place to Work
General File Clerk (Former Employee), Fullerton, CA – September 19, 2012
Very friendly people with a friendly work environment. This was a temporary job in which i only worked 2 months. In the short two monthas i was there, i really enjoyed working there.
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Good place for young engineers to grow in their career
Project Engineer (Current Employee), Lansing, NY – September 17, 2012
Pros: fun, relaxed workplace
Cons: locations arent that great for city people
Company is good at advancing their people, but I am looking for a better location.
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Safe workplace,Good cooperation with co-workers.
Production Associate (Former Employee), Cutting, B2 – September 10, 2012
Pros: free lunch for all emplyees during a meeting
Cons: free health care.
Gift for 25th Birthday of Company.
I learned how to work at other lines or work places.
I manage to learn many other jobs and improve them.
With my co-workers,I help them when I have nothing to do at my work station.
The hardest part of the job is when the Company asked us to continue to work till 10 hours after 8 regulary hours(mandatory overtime).
The – more... most enjoyyable part of the job is when the Company organize a
big party between workers and their family. – less
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place of work
packoff (Former Employee), Plainview, TX – September 10, 2012
Pros: great pay
Cons: short lunch
great place to work if you are strong and hardu gotta be willing to go threw the pain and do the work.
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Gained lots of experience
Cattle Slaughter (Former Employee), Milwaukee, WI – September 10, 2012
Pros: over time
Cons: blood exposure
I gained much experience and through training and pay was great.
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Not a bad place.
Sanitation Worker (Former Employee), Wyalusing, PA – September 10, 2012
Cargill wasn't bad. The people were sort of bad, but not enough to ruin it.
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wonderful and friendly atmosphere to work in
HR Assistant (Current Employee), Albert Lea, MN – September 9, 2012
Pros: world wide company with room for advancement
Cons: very long processes that seem somewhat excessive.
Each day I am given the opportunity to learn more within my career goals while helping individuals meet needs and expectations regarding their benefits and other human resource activities
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Productive and a fun workplace with a Foosball table.
Band Saw Operator (Current Employee), Marshall, MO – September 6, 2012
Pros: health care, break time
Cons: short breaks
Typical work day I operate rate the saw. I learned how to operate the saw.Very good management.I think my co-workers overall are good they just mind there business which is good.The most hardest thing um I don't think there is any. Most enjoyable the game room during our breaks.
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Even management said I should leave.
Quality Control Associate (Former Employee), Albert Lea, MN – September 6, 2012
Pros: celebrates special events.
Cons: only concern is the amount of product able to push out the door.
I was disappointed how management handles different situations that arose. They do a great job pushing out great workers and keeping ones that continuously under perform.
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good place to work
surface production (Former Employee), Lansing, NY – September 3, 2012
fast paced in the busy season, off season slows down, ultra safety oriented company.
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Cargill as a whole is a great place to work!
Boiler Operator/Generator Operator (Former Employee), Springdale AR. – August 29, 2012
Pros: great company!
Cons: they don't do what they say they will do
My job duties involved operation of the boilers,air compressors.generators and HVAC, and there repair
I was fortunate to learn the PSM program and it benefits!
The most enjoyable part of my job was knowing that I made a difference,improved operating procedures and safety!
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