Ferrero Reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,057 total reviews)
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Lapo Civiletti

91% approve of CEO

67% positive business outlook

Ferrero has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,057 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ferrero 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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1.0
2 Sept 2018
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Pros

Fantastic brands with great marketing and investment; lovely offices

Cons

Staff are brainwashed by management into thinking and operating a certain way. It is a highly arrogant business. Stress levels are high amongst everyone, work life balance is poor and micro-management is common. Ferrero operates a blame culture, and because they manage to create their own Ferrero 'bubble' , staff begin to accept it as a normal way to work. Stay too long and you become 'Ferrero-ised'. Bullying is not uncommon and largely ignored by management; promotions are given only to those whose 'face fits', which results in management positions being filled by people with poor or no man management skills and not suited to the roles. No support or training is offered to fill the skill gap. Nepotism is rife; back-stabbing is evident in certain functions, as are 'inappropriate' work relationships. Management and HR ignores it all. Combined with the fact that everyone is overworked, this all makes the environment highly toxic and extremely unpleasant. AVOID.

1.0
8 May 2018

Italian Culture, highly sexist

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people! The team ethos before Ferrero purchased Thorntons

Cons

Sexist - if you are male you will do well if you agree to be a yes man essentially. Try and raise issues and you will get shot down. It has a great shiny feel until you dig alittle and see that the culture is broken. If you do not mind being put into a box with lots of red tape then it is fine.

1.0
6 Mar 2020

Avoid Ferrero UK

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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

This has to be the worst company I’ve ever worked for, people are awful to work with and extremely arrogant. The company seems to struggle financially as they have no budget for anything, no technology, the devices they provide are terrible. Salaries are so low which is strange for supposedly a big company (operates like a start up!) All decisions are made by Ferrero Group, UK entity has no power in making their own decisions. The company does not adapt to the country they operate in but instead prefers to keep working in a very old Italian fashion way. No flexible working even though they have a smart working policy to work from home once a week (it’s a lie) they do not like people to work from home! As the mentality is if you are working from home means you’re not working!!! No benefits a part from the standard ones (healthlcare, life assurance etc), don’t believe you’ll have loads of chocolate discounted once you’re there it won’t happen! No scheme to buy Ferrero products apart from Thornton’s (only if you go to the store). No diversity, all bosses are Italian. Macho and who to blame culture. Office location Greenford is awful. HR department is useless as well and have no clue of what’s happening in their client groups. I will highly recommend avoiding the company otherwise you’ll end up stressed and depressed for the majority of your time there.

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