Calavo Growers Reviews

2.8

39% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Lee Cole

52% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Calavo Growers has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 30 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Calavo Growers employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Agriculture industry (3.7 stars).

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30 reviews
1.0
15 Feb 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There isn't really any pro about this job.

Cons

There is so much to say about this job. I hope the next person thinks before being hired here. I understand now why three employees who hold my position left within a month. You don't have a task or job duties to do at all. Someday, you can be bored and have nothing to do. You can't grow and learn within a company that makes you do training with production employees every day. I don't understand why our title is Administrative Assistant when you don't do admin work at all. There is so little chances that you will be doing admin work. Your main focus at work every day for every month is doing training with production employees. The company needs to change the title of this position to be like an educational coordinator because that is basically what you are doing every day is making sure all the production employee watches a 30-40 minute video about safety in the production. Also, what made me leave the position was the amount of talk behind my back. No one will admit to it but the little whispers explain it all. I think I was too nice when I was here I allowed that talk to continue and I just ignored it. I stopped saying good morning to the team because it have reached the point where I felt like I was suffering holding my position. I believe that a company culture that has no respect causes so many employees to leave this position.

1.0
31 Aug 2023

Avoid this Sinking Ship

Recommend
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Pros

Strategy and structure in total disarray.

Cons

Very high turnover and constantly chasing our tails. CEO and new leadership came back from an extended retirement and have no handle on the business. They force us to play games with our suppliers to get avocados at cheaper prices but farmers are wise to the tactics so won't even return our calls. Pretty sure the numbers management is telling investors are not real. The prices I have been buying for and then selling to our customers are substantially different. Colleagues all say the same. We've permanently lost a lot of customers and really any support of our growers to competitors and because people refuse to do business with the management team that just came back. "There is no way I'm ever selling one avocado to company led by Lee" is a constant refrain. Group heads and reps have left out of disgust.

1.0
28 Jan 2016

No good

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good people to work with and good shifts

Cons

Management does not know what they are doing. No organization at all

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