Smithfield Foods Reviews
Updated 7 Jun 2023

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"good pay and benefits if you work hard" (in 35 reviews)
"Good pay fair and honest company" (in 81 reviews)
"Work life balance is not a thing for some" (in 30 reviews)
"Long hours during parts of the year" (in 70 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★Featured Review
Great company and great management.
21 Nov 2022 - Sales DirectorRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Flexibility, many options for career progression
Cons
Supply chain process needs improving.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
You get to work with a group of enthusiastic people
Cons
I can't think of any
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good product based company in
Cons
Salary is average not acceptable
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
programming related work is very less.
19 Jul 2021 - Programmer Analyst in Baroda, RajasthanRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
There are good programming related work
Cons
programming related work is less
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
No Organization m
4 Jun 2023 - Production Supervisor in Tar Heel, NCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
A lot of Supervisors in an Area Benefits start on first day Cafeteria on site
Cons
No Training Everything is up 4 flights of stairs Employees roam around a lot Turnover rate is high for Supervisors and workers No support from HR, they pick and choose how they handle disciplinary issues. Bathrooms are horrible, they have one clean one but only Superintendents and above have access to get in that area.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
great career enviorment
7 Jun 2023 - Maintenance SuperintendentRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
great people excellent career good pay
Cons
a bit of stress but overall not an issue
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Pay Meat prices Health care 401k
Cons
6 days a week Bad management attitudes Other mechanics are immature
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Great Stepping Stone
31 May 2023 - Maintenance Supervisor in Sioux Falls, SDRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Was able to gain knowledge in PLC's, Industrial Automation, and Management experience.
Cons
Worked full weeks, with little time off.
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Best reason to work there is the pay
Cons
This is a horrible place to work. Upper management is rude
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great place to work
18 May 2023 - Network Engineer in Smithfield, VARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I learned a lot while at Smithfield and traveling to the plants helped me understand just how important my job was.
Cons
Traveling got old after a while, but I enjoyed meeting everyone at the plants and made great relationships.
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Smithfield Foods has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 1,055 reviews left anonymously by employees. 59% of employees would recommend working at Smithfield Foods to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.
59% of Smithfield Foods employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Smithfield Foods 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
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