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Ferrara Candy Company

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Skeletons in the closet… - HR Manager Ferrara Candy Company Employee Review

1.0
9 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Many of the executive committee members are personable and care about their work and business.

Cons

- Lean Management Style, resulting in burnout and high attrition due to consolidation of critical roles that management didnt know were critical. - Poor communication between corporate and factories. Corporate team has zero knowledge on what goes in to making the product, resulting in unrealistic expectations being set on plant staff. This also applies to benefits and work environment - Wildly non-compliant - Rampant favoritism - Negligent leadership with zero career pathing and development opportunities (unless it’s forced by corporate L&D) - Pay structure for hourly staff was developed to highly compensate those who work high hours. Structure for exempt staff unequal between sites/gender/race for all departments. - Many skeletons of former management practices coming to light, many of who are still employed with the company.

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5.0
11 Mar 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company with good benefits

Cons

None. Most benefits are good and office location is downtown

3.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Iconic brands Capable coworkers Cool office, and good location Real opportunities to build tangible experience

Cons

Very cut throat / unforgiving culture Poor work / life balance Poor IT systems Unrealistic deadlines, “Ferrara Fast” High employee turnover Most work is churn at the corporate level, does not feed into proper decisions / strategy execution at the executive level Short term performance management, worse than Private Equity companies. Week to week performance reviews of the business, leading to substandard results in market and serious risk of long term underperformance

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