Monsanto Company Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Informal environment, great peers, freedom to choose your working style, high respect for individuals

Cons – Very consensus driven, early perceptions about people can last very long and are difficult to change

Advice to Senior Management – Bring more diversity in top management

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

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time

Pros – good allround field and market experience for a fresher.flexibility to do the job your way,helps in building result orientation attitude.

Cons – no extra attention given to skill development of TSMs.no fastrack growth opportunity.leadership programme starts only at the RSM level resulting in many budding TSMs look for better opportunites elsewhere.not everybody can wait for 7-8 years to get promoted to RSM level

Advice to Senior Management – please make the entry level TSMs go through rigorous stints across all business domains viz supply chain,marketing,distribution as this will give them a better idea of the business and help them take ownership of it through their current role

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

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You have got a lot to and deliver the results in metrics

Cons – Someday you'll feel that the work-life balance is missing

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

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Safety-EHS at highest priority
Pledge elements & work ethics.
Freedom to operate.
Human rights compliance,

Cons – Work life balance is encouraged.

Advice to Senior Management – World class management to steer Biotech & Breeding to eradicate Hunger & powerty through sustainable development with employment,food & fiber production,safety culture & human rights globally.

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time for more than a year

Pros – Leading technology company and has a very good pipeline in traits

Cons – there are no cons that i can recall for this company

Advice to Senior Management – Keep going good

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

Former Employee – worked at Monsanto Company full-time for more than a year

Pros – Positive attitude of mnagement and good platform for budding young guns to have best learning opportunity

Cons – highly populated organisation. more lappy works than field works

Advice to Senior Management – let field be loose on strategy part.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Integrity, respect, sharing and care are ingrained in the culture. This is a company that leads by example and is willing to take the brunt of politics for the sake of the larger common good.
It provides excellent career opportunities and is willing to provide cross-functional exposures.

Cons – Ambiguity tolerance needs to be high for a person joining this company. The dynamic nature of the industry necessitates this company to be on its toes and respond quickly to the changing environment. This might mean change in roles / organization structure.

Former Employee – worked at Monsanto Company as a contractor for more than 8 years

Pros – As its a MNC group and world's top most MNC in agri input , Research oriented company. First in promoting GM technology in different crops world wide

Cons – More Aggressive vision in the competition market

Advice to Senior Management – Should given more benefits to their employee in this changing scenario

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

Former Employee – worked at Monsanto Company as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Provide hands on experience to trainees.
Give training in several departments including Genetic Engineering, Bioproduct Safety, Tissue Culture etc.

Cons – Research is a little outdated. Complete research process isnt conducted in one place.

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

Current Employee – been working at Monsanto Company

Pros – Emphasis on safety - lot of emphasis on safety for everyone including contractors
Pay is good and increments are fair
Attrition is low

Cons – Although attrition is low, see good people leaving. Three senior people who probably had the highest regard among the employees left in the past few months
People are being let go especislly contractors. Lot of unnecessary rumors around especially about senior leadership balancing two roles.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep good people back.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend