Monsanto Employer Reviews

Opportunities are present for employees to participate on Global projects and add value.

Advancement opportunities are tied to your network rather than the quality of work

I liked working here but just couldn't get out of the contract status.

I enjoyed my years at monsanto.But they sold the plastic dividsion.So decided to retire and find a different type of work.

Start times are flexible and very little weekend or overtime work.
Management is relaxed yet firm and workplace stress is low.
Many company events and employee rewards.
Extremely concerned with employee well-being.

Enjoyed working there but was not satisfied with their policy towards partime employees.

My internship at Monsanto was an overwhelming positive experience. The culture is a professional reflection of working close to the agricultural industry. An entreprenurial spirit inherently exists in the culture and hardwork, team work is rewarded.

Although the company was going through a fair amount of organizational change, my experience was not – more... tainted or negatively impacted. – less

Definitely a great place to work. Very employee friendly! Good salary, great benefits

Lots of great employees work at Monsanto. Creativity and and inovation are very much encouraged.

Picking tassles is not so fun, but its a job that pays. its cold in the morning and super hot in the afternoons, but that doesnt bother me, because a job is a job as long as your getting paid.

Monsanto is overall a very good place to work. Most managers will let you do your job with very little looking over your shoulder. Only wish they would hire more regular full-time employees rather than relying on contractors for the majority of their IT support.

I liked the very set hours, they don't hound you about overtime but they also don't pay it. Has great bene's for their full time staff, but if you're over 40 you won't secure a perm position; all full-time hiree's are always under 30 yrs of age. The usual story in America for now. The farmers I had constant contact with generally REALLY hate MONSANTO; – more... they only use them for their financing options since it is after all 0% and quite the deal. Farmers at the time didn't even need this kind of leverage, but when it's free hey...? MONSANTO sponsors a lot of local cultural events in effort to try to veil their unethical eco-unfriendly practices. Doesn't work...local St. Louis'ans still know what this company is all about. The tunnel network is beyond description for winter access to other departments/buildings, etc. – less

I love the people I work closely with, my manager is another story. She will not stand up for you, she lies, she will not take blame for her own doing. She is good about letting you off if you have a dr's appt. The hardest part of my job is dealing with her, I don't believe you should have to worry about your manager lying on you, especially when you – more... show up to work everyday and do a good job. My co-workers are the best part of my job, we work well together, it is great to have co-workers you get along with. A typical day we come in at 7am have a morning meeting, then we go in we read germs (seeds that have grown for 7 days), after that we check-in samples that have came in and then sort them out for different testings. Around 3pm we plant all the samples that came in that day and leave at 4pm. – less

This is probably one of the best places I have ever worked. Everything you needed including safty equipment or clothing was provided to you by the company. The work was fast past, but you were provided breaks. Swing shift with overtime could be challenging, but you could work trades with other co-workers to accomadate your schedule. Management came – more... to the floor on a regualar basis connecting with the employees. If not for the restructuring, I would have retired from Monsanta, now known as Eastman Chemicals. – less

The work load is high and low, however you have lots of opportunity to learn more and to advance.

It was nice to work there but in the Christmas season it was very busy!

Sample and standard preparations needed in QC/QA work. Review material balance for production batches to be forwarded to production line/give go signal for bagging and bottling as products meets the company's stringent specifications.

Teamwork.

Management has been supportive of the QC/QA laboratory staff.

Coworkers came from different regions of – more... the country.

The hardest part of the job are doing production batches reworked and answering/working on consumers complaints.

Most enjoyable parts of the job were the camaraderie after office hours, and other sports activities sponsored by the company. – less

Working for Monsanto started out good, I knew that I would only be there for the duration of my contract. The compensation was not the best, and the hours were very long. Average work week was about 50 - 60 hours per week. Management was very nice but also very unproductive and not very organized, leading the project to take longer than expected.

I was a lab technician at Monsanto in Waterman, IL. Monsanto is a big company that isn't located only in Waterman. It is all over Illinois. It was fun to work with really nice people. I learned a lot about safety and people. I planted seeds in Herb lab. My supervisor taught me a lot. There was no hard work in there. I am a very quick learner and I am – more... willing to learn everything at a new job. I had to leave this place because I moved out to another city. I liked everything about that job except some people. – less

Show up unplug all wiring from computers, rewire server's

how to use a switch

good

hard worker

long shift

fun

A typical day
Get into work in the morning check mail to see if there was any problems/issues that stopped production. If so do necessary steps to resolve the problem. After issues are resolved walk around to the different areas and check to make sure everything is in working order. If not take necessary steps to resolve. After making sure the labs – more... are up and running do my daily saftey rounds and make sure everything is in order. When completed Continue work on my projects assigned to me and fix issues in the labs when they come up as Production Is my number 1 priority.

What I learned
I gained alot of experience using shop tools such as Bridgeport mill, bandsaw, and lathe to name a few.
Reading electrical diagrams, running wires to make them aesthetically pleasing, using ferrules, and Wago cards
Using pneumatics, Air cylinders and SMC equippment

Management
Very helpful and always willing to give you a hand, and pushed you to do your best

Co workers
As with management, always willing to give you a hand and share there knowledge, and help with whatever is needed

Hardest part of the job
Some days there is so much that comes up all at once its hard to get everything done that needs to be done.

Most enjoyable part of the job
Being productive working in and upbeat partners with co workers that have become friends – less