HR is corrupted or powerless - Supervisor Lactalis USA Employee Review

2.0
Jan 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and coworkers are really only good things.

Cons

Being French guarantees you a management job. If you look at any of the really important positions in management all the best titles are held by French persons. They give promotions to who they like and not who deserves it. The company makes billions every year but run the company by cutting supplies, staff, maintenance and expect you to hit your targets and act like your the problem. A lot of jobs in this place is a revolving door. They fired past HR representatives for doing their job correctly and refusing to break the law. They fully staff day shift with nurses and safety management but leave nights to fend for themselves. They don’t give employees Christmas bonuses but you bet they do for management. The only employees that are treated fairly are managers and they still don’t have it great. Maintenance is a joke, most of the mechanics can’t fix anything not because they don’t know how but because the company cut funding to parts room and we never have things in stock. You cannot run a company by cutting costs every year. The company will eventually be so bad and impossible to run

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5.0
Apr 25, 2026
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Pros

Great work culture. Supportive and collaborative atmosphere.

Cons

Have to negotiate for your worth.

2.0
Apr 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Slow and steady private company. Family owned so there is no shareholders to please. Not an aggressive work work work culture that grinds you to the bone. Good people in many departments and some great brands in the US. Massive global scale which you would think would lead to opportunities. On par benefits to other CPG's but they felt like they were slipping a little.

Cons

Unfortunately the global takeover of the US businesses is starting to take its toll on performance and morale. Many of the recent business units were acquired from well known US CPG giants, and the good people that were valued American employees are long gone. The French infiltration of all leadership levels is causing swirl, distrust and poor morale. There are levels on levels here with more people inserted who have zero idea what they are doing. A good number of these people are completely out of their league, hard to work with, and are not competent enough for a very dynamic US marketplace. The most recent top executive based in South America, has a huge ego and was causing mass chaos at every turn. For such a big company now, opportunities are very limited if not impossible. Really important departments have always been extremely lean, so new roles are hard to come by. Despite being pretty big, all of the core businesses are separated from each other so there is little opportunity for movement between them. They grow through acquisition, but the more recent big purchases are not doing very well and were not really set up for success. Also the pay is meh, there are no stock options or any other type of extra compensation like other big CPG's. There is just one bonus and if the business does poorly you can get very little.

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