First the Exec team gives themselves new executive suites and then they have a Christmas party. How merry do you think that was? I mean, they saved 8000 FTE salaries.

We are not little children. We all know what happened and why, what kind of a company and leadership we work for, and what we can expect in the future. Do they really think silly words and obvious lies work on anyone above the age of two? I’ll add... — read more 

They’ve destroyed our team with layoffs, and we lost some of our best people. I don’t get the logic behind any of this. Now we’re hearing more layoffs are likely next year... I don’t even know what to think anymore. We can’t afford to lose anyone... — read more 

I'd suggest removing People First from any of the Cargill vernacular, whether it be the Values or "flavor of the month" Behaviors leadership will change again next year.

They lie, they back stab, they wriggle out of every question when brave people dare to speak up. Can’t stand being patronised, I’m now focused one hundred percent in my job search Makes me laugh when they talk about talent, this coming from... — read more 

Layoffs happened two weeks ago and leadership had said everyone in a country that they could communicate changes should have been informed of their new role. There are people in the organization that live and work in the USA that have been told they... — read more 

To those who remain.... please speak truth to power. We won't have a severance waiting for us to pad the fall but here we are, the survivors of a rapture. "Yes men" created the situation we are left to face and critical thought and honest feedback... — read more 

Same old tired Roger Watchorn playbook. All talk, no substance. No strategy. No direction. No vision. Fired so many good people who actually wanted to make a difference but we are left with the same ineffective leaders. And no courage to do what is... — read more 

This SAP journey has taken 10+ years and the managers that don’t have anything to do with the actual day to day work don’t have a clue how bad this is. The inside joke is that they think SAP will allow us to do the same with less folks! Again, SAP... — read more 

So a week after firing thousands of people "new" so-called-leaders hold all these townhalls and have the kool-aid drinking audacity to continue saying cargill is people first. What a bunch of losers. Buzzwords, reading all their speeches, answering... — read more 

Hi-any smart person will look to this board or other sites that capture company sentiments, you will obviously see a lot of hurt and sad and angry employees and former employees of Cargill. You shouldn't chalk it all up to sour grapes but make sure... — read more 

I was too. How does it look like out there? I was with Cargill for more than ten years. Sharing any positive experiences with job search, ideas or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

The leadership teams at Cargill are something else. They talk they say yes to everything, and they go away and do something else. In my area there are so many Senior leaders I literally have no idea how they justify their existence but they live for... — read more 

This thing has been part of broader plan since early this year. As last fiscal year ended every one on ET panicked and brought in the consultants. Started with freezing hiring, clamp down T&E… the usual CYA moves. That was not enough…. Pushed... — read more 

Some of the remaining regional leaders who are now considered global starting to lay down that "their way is the correct way" as "that is why they were retained". We have barely heard anything about how the new operating structure is going to work... — read more 

We lost a lot of people. My team lost a couple of very experienced and knowledgeable veterans. They will be hard to replace, if they are even planning on replacing people. If things stay the way they are now, my team will not be able to be as... — read more 

Hi colleagues, this is going to be an unpopular post here. And for the record I am not from the family, or leadership, HR, or comms. Just a regular old Joe. The company does not owe us a living. At the end of the day, we entered into a transactional... — read more 

They foster a culture of zero accountability. Look back at earnings releases. When times are good, the credit goes to Internal forces- teams are executing, the focus on customers is paying off, etc. When things aren’t going so well, blame is ALWAYS... — read more 

Any news on how the new plant organization will look like? In EU it's gonna take long and would be interesting to know which positions would be affected at plant level (production, maintenance, mt, engineering,...). It could be very helpful knowing... — read more 

I hope new jobs await you, and you’ll end up happier and better off than with Cargill. Don’t ever forget that this wasn’t about you and your value. It’s always about greed and the top being out of touch. Don’t ever let any company judge your worth... — read more 

Hey I just accepted an offer with a St. Paul based Fortune 500. If I can do it after almost 20 years at Cargill, anyone can do it. There are companies out there looking for experienced workers who need to hire immediately. I was 7ft tall when I... — read more 

Some of these people are so out of touch, wow. Not even a week has gone by, yet some folks new to show off their new updated title/promotion for the laid off ex-colleagues to see.

The HRLT is holding a townhall right now and asking for questions. Then they give scripted answers that all of these id--ts literally read from. They think we are stupid, but look just how stupid they are...what a joke.

Dear DT&D LT, "Beleive works only in church and home, not in office". The more I listen to DT&D LT, the more I realise, how hollow is there promises to Enterprises, Executive Team & its own employees.

Saw some people on LinkedIn from Liverpool, UK saying "Plant Closure" v lay-off. Anyone know any more? Any other plants done?

I wanted to share some insights on "Ways of working" for Cargill CSST India wherein its normal and encouraged to throw a personal party with friends and family and claim it as a "Official expense" or "Meal with customer" (wink -wink). Its normal to... — read more 

Has anyone not got their severance info? I have got one phone call from HR and they said they didn't have my personal email, which is total BS because it's on my profile and I filled out the info on the layoff call. Still nothing. It's making d-mb... — read more 

Once they choose the “more with less” approach and are under the spell of consultants, we all know where it leads.

The town hall was the definition of lack of humility. The 4 comments paraphrased, that I come back to. BS, the executive team worked tirelessly (wouldn’t have to if you included informed people). BS, Google other companies and see that they also lay... — read more 

I had the opportunity to have an excellent career with Cargill spanning 4 decades. My experience was that there was a ton of opportunity for folks to grow a career as long as they delivered results, in the right way, regardless of their background... — read more 

How many were let go within a few years of retirement? How many were let go right before their 25-year anniversary? How many were let go based on a certain age… near 55? How many were let go because they weren’t buddies with their managers vs... — read more 

Knowing that the ELT is all eyes on this thread, let's make a list why Cargill is do hard to do business.... I will kick it off by saying we are never willing to be competitive in the search for growing volumes but only expect our customers to pay... — read more 

Except for the higher management, for which we already received email informing about their new role (higher position) and new location. So they fire a lot of people and then reshuffle higher management so they don't have to face those who are left... — read more 

First, it began as a pledge: “We’re doing this now so we don’t have to do it again.” Then, uncertainty crept in: “We hope we’ll never have to do it at this scale again.” Soon, it became justification: “This is part of modernizing our operations.” And... — read more 

if they just said “Yes, we are greedy. A couple of billion in profits is not enough, we want more. We do not want to share profits with you. We laid you off now because it costs us less than doing it after the new year. Yes, consultants gave a... — read more 

I was RIF’d years ago and I think one of the reasons this was rushed at year end is because of the severance policy. Cargill pays your COBRA through the end of the calendar year - whether that is 350 from your separation date or 2 weeks. So waiting... — read more 

Pretty sad you had 900 questions and you couldn’t even have the meeting for the entire hour, instead you choose to end early with the thought “if you decide to leave now, just wait, those other companies lay people off too” That was …. interesting — read more 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that those two businesses/ functions are not harmed by this wave of layoffs.

I believe Brian, when he talked at the town hall. It's not because they don't want to do better. It's because they can't . This is the best they can do. The eternal problem at cargill is the lack in skill of the executive leadership. It was true... — read more