Lactalis USA reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(170 total reviews)
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Emmanuel Besnier

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67% positive business outlook

Lactalis USA has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 170 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lactalis USA 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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170 reviews
1.0
Jan 31, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The benefits are top notch - if you can make it that long to stomach the toxic environment by the time it fully kicks in... Discounted cheese - that's about to expire.. You will think the pay is good initially, until you realize the amount of hours they will expect you to work (while kicking yourself for not taking that 40hour a week job you passed on that paid less annually but gave you your sanity). As a manager, you get roped in with a nice salary which btw is the only way they could initially get talent to ever come here, but has a hard time retaining that talent, when the talent figures out on an hour for hour basis staying here, one will make way less in the long run. As far as they are concerned, salary means an endless bucket of hours that they get to use at your expense. There are opportunities (I wouldn't say career opportunities, unless you are a glutton for punishment) - due to turnover being so high at virtually every level

Cons

Too many expected hours - no family life (don't believe HR that everyone's a happy family) Large Corporation - The French have unrealistic, unattainable expectations - there is no pleasing these arrogant people. You have corporate French managers, and then you have the underling American plant managers asking how high they need to jump. Overall a toxic environment with garbage that rolls downhill to the next level. Always a head will roll instead of someone higher up taking any accountability for actions they initiated themselves. The overall employee attitudes here are demoralized - nobody is really happy to be working here, nor do they really care - just a paycheck. Very Questionable business practices - if you are a professional, seriously consider this, especially if its your name on the line, which it will be here.

5.0
Dec 7, 2016

operator

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great pay, great benefits , union

Cons

long hours, call ins, mandatory OT

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