Look elsewhere - Anonymous employee Russell Stover Employee Review

1.0
Nov 27, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job - it might or might not pay your bills. If you like chocolate you'll enjoy tasting the product, otherwise keep looking.

Cons

There are so many cons, it's hard to know where to start. Job titles are not reflective of the work expected. Pay increases are a joke - less than 1% is common. Past history shows it takes a complaint to the EEOC or other federal agency for Stover to compare their pay scale to other employers and be competitive. Benefits are worthless. Health insurance doesn't cover preventative procedures or testing. You have to be seriously ill for it to help, then they fire you. HR seems to know too much about employees' diagnoses. Corporate culture shows favoritism in the extreme. I worked there for 12 years before finding out bonuses were given to a select few - all VPs. Extreme effort is expected as a matter of course. Innovation is not welcomed or encouraged. There's more, but it could fill a book. Stay away if you value yourself at all - Stover certainly won't value you and you'll burn out quickly.

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Cons

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