7 months from getting laid off and I can confidently say it was the best outcome for myself. I hope others have had the same fortune.
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BEST THING EVER!!
I am also 7 months out and I have not been this happy in a long time. When I join my new employer I was blown away by what a truly “people first; family owned” company feels like.
I do not regret leaving sooner; the RIF package I got was a good compensation for all the BS I put up over the last 7 years of my tenure…. Those really s **d. Everything before then was awesome until they put awful people in leadership roles.
Every time I look back at my many years at Cargill before the separation, I also wish I had left much sooner. I see a remarkable difference in the integrity, genuine care, and decision making adeptness of leaders I have been able to work for since Cargill. No other organization treats leaders with so much disrespect on the way out and this has gone on for years before the 2030 separation.
I continue to feel PTSD thinking about my Cargill experience and wonder how many others were unfortunate to go through the same before they finally realized and escaped it.
Who would have thought the best outcome at Cargill is to be taken out of Cargill.
First, I must agree that this was the best thing that Cargill ever did for me. I probably would have blindly stayed around for another 3-4 years. With the 401k and ESOP, which I sold it all we are amazingly able to have a comfortable living and enjoying early retirement. On a personal note, I like a lot of you put in many years for Cargill and had noticed over the past 10 years it wasn’t the Cargill that we all stared with in 80’s-90’s. I’m glad to be away from all the political BS. Last note I truly think SAP was a major down fall of Cargill….Mpls blindly went along with SAP selling them a bill of goods that will take them years to recover. We had legacy systems that worked and if they didn’t it would have been a lot cheaper if we would had spent good money on improvements instead of totally throwing the baby out with the bath water! Good luck Cargill
Leaders there were so inept. Never ever was a decision made any time you present them with options and recommendations, the snakes got what their political way. They have their faevorites, those who fit the mould. God, I don’t miss Cargill, and having left I can telly you many companies I interviewed with aren’t interested in what I did at Cargill thankfully as not an outstanding company or known for anything positive
@ga must not have worked in HR surrounded by white liberal women.
I’m no longer surrounded by only white bald men leadership teams!
For younger Cargill employees… stop wasting your time at a dead end organization and get outa there!
Best decision ever made.
Once you step outside, you realize how bad the leadership is in Cargill. I am still in touch with a bunch of my coworkers who are dying to get out. All the good people are getting out. I hope the leadership meet their goals when they are the only ones left.
Me too. Cargill’s a bad memory vile organisation and leaders there were shockingly bad
Same. And much better mental health as no need to keep appearances pretend you align with their actions and behaviours
Took me some time to realize it but definitely the best outcome for me also. The grass really is greener!