Category Manager - Anonymous employee Ferrara Candy Company Employee Review
5.0
Nov 1, 2018
Anonymous employee
Current employee, less than 1 year
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
The company is in pure growth mode, which is exciting and encouraging for a long-term career. The leadership team is impressive and consistently looking for feedback from its employees on how to be better. The overall culture is positive and genuinely an enjoyable place to work.
Cons
Because of the recent acquisition of Nestle, there is opportunity to streamline processes and improve overall efficiencies in our systems. It is certainly be addressed appropriately, which is encouraging as time progresses.
Ferrara Candy Company Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience at Ferrara and we’re glad you’re part of our team. This feedback is helpful as we continue to grow and evolve as a company. Your perspective and feedback is one of the primary drivers of how we are planning for the future, and welcome your continued input. You can continue to share insights and feedback with your manager, or feel free to contact a member of our HR team if there’s more you’d like to discuss.
Iconic brands
Capable coworkers
Cool office, and good location
Real opportunities to build tangible experience
Cons
Very cut throat / unforgiving culture
Poor work / life balance
Poor IT systems
Unrealistic deadlines, “Ferrara Fast”
High employee turnover
Most work is churn at the corporate level, does not feed into proper decisions / strategy execution at the executive level
Short term performance management, worse than Private Equity companies. Week to week performance reviews of the business, leading to substandard results in market and serious risk of long term underperformance