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Michele Buck
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"The company ensures that your tasks are workable during office hours so you do get a good work-life balance depending on your priorities" (in 28 reviews)
"Great people and work environment" (in 49 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance in the office environment" (in 47 reviews)
"Manual labor, long hours during seasons, being in retail stores all the time" (in 17 reviews)
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"Account Executive"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time
Pros
Flexible location and travel- recommend
Cons
Work life balance in the office environment
The Hershey Company 2018-05-29 22:54 PDT ![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"Best Place to Work"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at The Hershey Company part-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great environment. Very helpful people
Cons
This company has no cons.
The Hershey Company 2019-03-21 20:10 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Sweet opportunities come to those who work hard."
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
-Outstanding company culture: kind, compassionate, cooperative, and understanding
-Best in class retail exscurion
-Great opportunity to gain sales experience
-Okay to make mistakes
-Iconic and fun brands
-Great benefits: phone service compensation, solid healthcare, car, business travel reimbursement, iPad, and more
-retail execution meetings every 6 weeks or so great for bonding with teammates and identifying business goals
- Free candy and clothing
- Many opportunities for career advancement
-Generous compensation from salary, overtime, cash bonuses, and cash equivalent sales awardsCons
-Relocation necessary for promotion in retail organization, once promoted hours worked typically increases drastically
-Dealing with rude managers in stores
-Physical labor
-At times, more of a glorified shelf stocker than a sales rep
-Depending on territory, long drive times
-Long hours to work in peak seasons
-Certain displays for stores are sent to your house and takes up significant space
-70% of the "training" is done on your own in the field, must be comfortable being uncomfortable
-sometimes the only option is to "work hard" not "work smart"Advice to Management
Provide better training opportunities to new RSRs. Perhaps a more traditional training period at home office.
The Hershey Company 2019-03-13 18:33 PDT![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"Great company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (More than a year)
Pros
The Hershey Company takes care of its employees!
Cons
Very labor intensive, less sales oriented
The Hershey Company 2019-03-11 12:39 PDT![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"Great company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great culture, great people, lots of opportunities.
Cons
Due to the nature of the business, a lot of job opportunities require relocation. The company does a good job of accommodating where they can though.
The Hershey Company 2019-03-11 16:09 PDT![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"Analyst"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great work culture, growth opportunities in plenty along with a strong push towards doing good for the world and being ethical.
Great perks, best in class health insurance and unlimited free candy!Cons
Central Pennsylvania can be a tad rural for some
Advice to Management
Continue providing growth and learning opportunities!
The Hershey Company 2019-03-11 20:08 PDT![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"A good place to work at and gain valuable experience."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Good Company to work and grow at. learning interwoven into the culture. but people need to learn multiple things. more diverse things. look outside the box.
Cons
Can be Great Company. good to great is a leap of faith. its what you think. you have done this for 125 years. We need to get this for another 125 years. sell technology.
Advice to Management
For 125 years, you have sold chocolate. Now its time for greatness. Sell Technology.
3D chocolate printer. postpone manufacturing to the kitchen center granite slab with a 3D chocolate printer. Print 100 Reese's for the next birthday party. The future of 3D printing, applied now.The Hershey Company 2019-03-11 20:57 PDT![The Hershey Company Logo]()
"Great Company - Fast pace, caring and for a good cause"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at The Hershey Company full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Work culture is great. Great partnership with IS and Business teams, specially on emerging capabilities.
Fast moving and smart risk taking is encouraged
Great benefits and work environment is amazing. The old plant was converted into office, and it has a very open feel and lot of "wow" effect to it
You cannot go wrong making and selling confection :)Cons
Certain decisions can take longer to be made
The Hershey Company 2019-03-01 11:43 PSTHelpful (1)
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"Production Operator (MLO)"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at The Hershey Company full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great money and few good ppl
Cons
No union. Management says if your fired your never allowed to come back or work for a hershey company ever again.
Advice to Management
Pay more attention to your employees needs versus just the numbers for the company.
The Hershey Company 2019-03-13 19:44 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Average employer, horrible work environment"
StarStarStarStarStarDoesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookI have been working at The Hershey Company part-time (More than a year)
Pros
Good Benefits, cars, paint, clothing etc.
Cons
Work environment is absolutely horrible.
The Hershey Company 2019-02-16 20:36 PST
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