Nice place to work if you're working in the office. - Anonymous Perfetti Van Melle Employee Review

1.0
Mar 11, 2015
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Pros

-hired straight out of college and got the experience needed to get a better job

Cons

-nice company to work for if you work in the offices, but if you work in production, maintenance, or technology departments you have to deal with the plant manager who is the worst boss i have ever had. I have never worked at a place where people are thrown under the bus so much and verbally abused in meetings (by the plant manager) in front of everyone. - the lower level employees for the most part are great people just doing their job, but management, VPs, and supervisors are all horrible and most have been in their position for 15+ years and do things the way they've always been done even if its wrong. - favoritism in production by management is common and people are promoted on personally relationships alone even if they are woefully unqualified. - HR was constantly losing, hiring, and losing people the entire time i was employed there, so no emails or phone calls were returned because of the revolving door of HR staff. - most equipment in production is >20 years old and is constantly breaking, leaking, and just inefficient. - management is so concerned with profit and hitting their numbers that they make "business decisions" that compromise the quality of the product -only work here if you have to and expect A LOT of forced overtime on the weekends

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5.0
Mar 1, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

pay was below average for an engineering intern

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Not many pros to speak of after Perfetti Van Melle purchased the company from Mondolēz. They touted all sorts of things about work/life balance and not having mandatory overtime, then almost immediately had my department working 6 days a week, 12 hours on weekdays and 8 on Saturdays. That went on for almost a year, then we went down to 10 hour days 6 days a week, which is what I believe the department is still working. Also, they decreased the pay for their operators by five dollars an hour and have been steadily getting rid of anyone that was grandfathered in at the higher pay. They do offer bonuses, Sam's club or Costco memberships, and $500 yearly reimbursement for money spent towards hobbies and wellness, but you don't have time to enjoy what you purchase.

Cons

•No work/life balance due to mandatory overtime •Mediocre pay •Lack or quality control standards due to pressure to put out product •People are numbers to be discarded and replaced. Operators that worked for Mondolēz, then Perfetti, grandfathered in at a higher pay, ran their line while training new operators on that line and also being expected to babysit and help new, barely trained operators on nearby lines. They had us running ragged, then when they had other operators trained, they found reasons to fire the ones at a higher pay grade. They'd then complain about low productivity. Lol, what do they expect?

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