Campbell Soup Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – back in the day, excellent training, tons of opportunity to try/learn new things. Manager recognized and rewarded diligence, skill, effort, and results. The company produces excellent products

Cons – the outsource MIS in early 90's

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – The soup sells itself but despite that Progresso and Private Label have taken over as the leaders of the soup world and Campbell Soup is merely a commodity now

Cons – Campbell Soup is a PR nightmare. The Human Resources department is more concerned with looking politically correct than getting any results. This has lead to incompetent persons heading up most departments including the CEO who was given the role because she is a woman. She had screwed up major company installation attempts with SAP software and yet because she talked the talk and had the look was promoted. The HR department is very involved in reviewing executives when they have no idea what the skill set is that is needed in the role. They are more concerned with having people who look the right way (but God forbid if you are overweight in this company or a bit alternative, you will go NOWHERE fast. If you are someone thinking of leaving your high flying early career to come to Campbell Soup my advice is a strong DON'T. Campbell Soup can never develop talent from within and the furthest you will go is a boring middle management job where you will constantly watch your back. Layoffs happen every six months and usually start with those are can not fit the cookie cutter boring approach. The stock is doomed as weill be your career.

Advice to Senior Management – Fire everyone in Human Resources right now. Bring in Business Persons to run the company. Develop people from within. Get my stock options out from being underwater the past ten years you pathetic slugs.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Opportunity for strong leaders and willing to test and learn almost anything.

Cons – High turnover causes lack of quality management and HR Dept is weak. Extremely fast paced culture and high workload expectations.

Advice to Senior Management – Ensure ongoing candid conversations with management to understand beyond the politics.

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great working environment, people and culture. Extremely loyal workforce (mid level managers) that have been with the business a minimum of 5 years. Work gets done and and categories that we compete in are growing very well. Good for people who want work-life balance

Cons – The senior directors (people in the business for more than 10 years) in the business are unwilling to change and many have been in their positions due to "seniority". They are not changing with the times fast enough to address the constant changing business environment.

Advice to Senior Management – We need to look outside of Soups and diversify the business that includes other high growth categories. Stick to a winning strategy and by follow through on the commitments

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time

Pros – Good pay and benefits, fantastic employees to work with, flex-time.

Cons – Don't bother applying to this company unless you have a degree from Penn State. The politics is so thick you can cut it with a knife. Nobody cares if you're doing a great job - they just want you to play the game. There are a lot of excellent employees who are getting the shaft because they don't have a college degree. And the wonder kids with their degrees don't have the same work ethic.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop focusing on the bottom line and start caring about your employees. You will reap what you sow.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – New CEO in Denise Morrison, emerging as a better leader now out of the shadow of Doug Conant, compared to working under him. She sees the need for change, and is starting the transition. She has established a leadership team with the will to transform the business, compared with the previous regime of old school network retirement fund builders. This will be an exciting couple of years, where new things will be tried, opportunities for differentiation and disruptive pathways will be more readily accepted, and the building of a healthier future and culture begins.

Cons – Having to deal with the aftermath of 10 years where the company stood still, and product portfolio stood still. Now we see the first sign of life after a long dormant period, where image was more important than profitability or growth. Difficulty will be halting the 10 year slide and turning the corner - May have to look for solutions from outside the world of soup to reverse the irrelevance of the products to today's consumer base.

Advice to Senior Management – Diversify, acquire new businesses, take more risk, focus on something other than condensed soup! Change with the times - We were not always Campbell Soup Company, so we can change again, possibly to just Campbell's and spread our wings.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Friendly; Lots of opportunity; Mature, global organization

Cons – Been a little shaky the last few years due to the economy

Advice to Senior Management – Keep Doug's dream alive :)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Was a terrific company to work for under former CEO Doug Conant. Health benefits and salaries are good.

Cons – Current CEO promised to boost revenues. But sales and earnings have fallen, employee engagement deteriorated and job insecurity is rampant.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep your promises.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Campbell Soup full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work Life Balance, Benefits, Pay

Cons – Lacks vision for the future, Long tenured employees, Strong belief that what worked 10 years ago will work in the future

Advice to Senior Management – Stay the course you will loose relevance as slow as you make decisions.........

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Campbell Soup

Pros – The leadership under CEO Doug Conant was wonderful. He was warm, he seemed to care, and he drove the company with his Leadership Model. Employee services were improved dramatically during his tenure. On-site empoyee credit union, gym, daycare, cafeteria, company store, and even a drop-off/pick-up location for dry cleaning!

Cons – The paths for advancement are not made clear. The employees who are there have been there forEVER and the only visible chance for advancement is when someone retires.

Advice to Senior Management – Rather than simply telling people they have done their job satisfactorily, go out of your way to find things they did well and recognize them. Encourage them to aspire for more and not to spend 30 yrs wasting away in the same position.