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Ferrara Candy Company

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Ferrara Candy Company reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(339 total reviews)
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Marco Capurso

89% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ferrara Candy Company has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 339 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ferrara Candy Company employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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339 reviews
1.0
Jul 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Perks such as free lunch on Friday's, wine and beer after hours and the new office space prior to Covid has a very industrial loft appearance.

Cons

The culture of the organization is a contradiction of what the CEO encourages. Senior director and higher are unwilling to listen. Also if you don't support their style or point of view they will belittle you making it extremely uneasy to voice your opinion. There is a lot of nepotism which is typical of many organizations but it's very evident and unless constructive criticism is coming from their friends they are unwilling to listen. If they find that you've challenged their way of seeing things, they will also make the workplace very hostile.

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Ferrara Candy Company Response
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Thank you for taking time to share your feedback on Glassdoor. As our company continues to grow, we fully appreciate change can be both difficult and exciting. We also know we may not get every step right, but our top priority is to continually improve all our employees’ experience and help make Ferrara a great place to work. We’re working hard to put our values into practice to create a unique and differentiated culture where we all can develop and grow. Your feedback is truly important to us, and if you’re comfortable sharing, we’d like to know more about your situation. Even when it’s difficult, we hold ourselves accountable to high standards and doing right for each other. Please don’t hesitate to share your concerns with your manager or HR Business Partner.
1.0
Jul 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paycheck and health benefits are great. Benefits are top of the line.

Cons

Look up the $1.5 million settlement lawsuit involving African American staff. Look up oag.ca.gov case settlement in which Consumer Advocacy Groups had to get involved to stop production and distribution of Sathers Assorted Sugar Wafers containing lead. Look up the $2.5 million settlement class action suit involving deceptive packaging aka slack fill. Look up the Cookcountyrecord.com article in which Promotion in Motion alleges a stolen recipe. OSHA fines for $485 million articles recently including failure to report a workplace accident including mutilation and hospitalization of employees in an unsafe working environment. Ordering employees to 'figure it out' to complete workload during a hiring freeze and complete lack of empathy for parents working with children with no available or viable childcare during increased coronavirus infection rates. Ordering employees to report to work in Chicago during a period of widespread and increasing infection rate during a time of pandemic and civil unrest including looting and warranting federal agent presence.

2.0
Jul 15, 2020

Trying to make it Nestle'

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most of the people are good to work with

Cons

Management team has unrealistic expectations and hired in a bunch of people from Nestle' that came in thinking the culture was the same, and it wasn't. They are trying to force all of the Nestle' processes onto the workers without the proper infrastructure in place. It is frustrating and stressing out the employees to try to meet the expectations of the new managers when the tools are not available to do the job. I started working here because I liked the culture of a family owned business, but now it is only about the money and how much you can cut and how hard you can drive the workers. There is a reason the turnover is so high. They don't care if they burn you out because they know there are more suckers out there waiting for the chance to stab someone in the back to get ahead. And HR is a joke. They are only concerned with keeping their friends employed and protected. There is no training or guidance for supervisors, which leads to a lot of favoritism and nepotism. There is no real opportunity for advancement unless you are a 30 year old male with an engineering degree. There are no women in management on the manufacturing side of the business. So if you are a woman, don't bother, you might get hired, but it is a dead end.

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