Greif Reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(364 total reviews)
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Ole Rosgaard

53% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Greif has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Greif 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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364 reviews
2.0
16 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

All the usual big company benefits. Great group of Plant Mangers, Customer Service Reps & Production workers. Impressive product offering.

Cons

Work at Greif if you’re willing to accept; * Poor leadership with big egos and little regard for seasoned colleagues. * Unrealistic goals set by people with zero industry experience. * Leadership approving salary reductions while they make millions. * Knee jerk reactions to changing market conditions leading to plant closures and layoffs. * Constantly being reminded that “good isn’t good enough” and needing to work 113%. * A incentive program that is constantly being manipulated with zero accountability and a goal of zero payout.

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Greif Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that your experience with Greif didn’t meet your expectations. We read every review and are dedicated to utilizing the feedback to enhance the experience for all of our Greif colleagues. Thank you again.
2.0
23 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The plant employees are some of the kindest, hardworking people I have ever had the pleasure working with. They are the people I thought about whenever I worked on a solution to improve their work - whether it was efficiency, ergonomics, or safety. I got to work on interesting and challenging projects that produced real utility and derived great satisfaction from seeing the benefits of my contributions in action. I enjoyed the camaraderie shared between engineers in our group before new regional management stepped in.

Cons

Poor investment in people resulting in lost knowledge transfer due to early retirements and departures of experienced team members. As an effect this also resulted in increased demands from project engineers. New Regional Management was ready and willing to throw others under the bus if goals were not achieved, even if the reasons were out of their control. I was micromanaged to the point where even my meals were scrutinized for being too high (without considering inflation on prices due to the pandemic and the fact I was well within policy even).

1.0
17 May 2021

Terrible company to work for!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are okay

Cons

Corporate HR runs management at plant which has brought on negative results. She is also involved in an inappropriate relationship with a supervisor there. It has created an unprofessional environment amongst managers and employees. Can’t go to anyone without the fear of losing your job. Terrible place to work!

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