Flora Food Group Reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(358 total reviews)
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David Haines

56% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Flora Food Group has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 358 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Flora Food Group 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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358 reviews
1.0
15 Oct 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Been thinking for the past 10 minutes.... sorry no pros!

Cons

- Constantly feeling scared to speak to the management because they all get together to make employee's life difficult, they love gossiping! - Management don't have answers and expect employees to solve issues with very little to no information at all - One evening I received 20-30 emails from the same person (management) which was later becoming a regular. I was expected to respond to the emails straight away and failure to do so would result in having a 'chat'. I couldn't switch off and was having sleepless nights. - Receiving calls from management out of office hours. If not available then she/he will Whatsapp which was also being regular- Stop micro-managing your employees! - During my time at Upfield literally every week some one was getting fired- high turnover. - Poor office temperature- most of us wore our coats/jackets - CEO does not care about his employees! His town hall meetings were always about making profits, money, money, money, money, not about employee wellbeing- strongly disappprove the CEO - HR is a complete shambles! UK HR in particular is a complete disaster. No one knows anything! I was mentally affected working at this company and feel paranoid whether I will be treated the same way in future company. I could not switch off and constantly felt stress to the point I had sleepless nights. I was coming home super late and then having to switch on after. I was also doing A LOT of tasks which were not listed in my job description- it was taking up 90% of my time everyday. I was just expected to figure it out myself. When requesting for help I was shutdown! I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone in a billion years! An absolute disgrace!

1.0
30 Jun 2020

Short term focus because they need to sell the business, no matter what

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice Job tools, such as laptops and workstations. Some people are genuinely kind and care about you - but, unfortunately, just a drop in the ocean.

Cons

No consideration for your wellbeing; very old fashioned leadership, based on fear and threats; no work life balance (such as when senior management said we would have to cancel Christmas and new year in 2019 due to their shinny new IT project, that started late and was poorly managed - then of course the employees are the ones who pay for it; or when they tell you results are to be delivered, no matter what and tell you, without joking, that you don’t really need 7 hours of sleep). Misalignment between business and support functions. Chaotic company. People just disappear from the map, and you learn later that they have been swiftly dismissed. Very poor communication. They treat you like a cost and a liability in an excel spreadsheet and then are very surprised when you decide to leave. This company cost me many months of my mental health.

1.0
16 Apr 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free tea and coffee, that's literally it!

Cons

Poor staff management- none to unstructured 1-2-1s. Like managers treating their staff like their PAs. Line managers will do everything in their power to make employee's life difficult and therefore forcing them to quit. Employee confidentiality does not exist in this company. Extremely poor work life balance. Manager have mentioned that this job involves working out of hours without overtime pay. Poor office working temperature CEO only cares about profits and not staff wellbeing!

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