JBS reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(773 total reviews)

Gilberto Xandó, Gilberto Tomazoni

59% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

JBS has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 773 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The JBS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufatura industry (3.7 stars).

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773 reviews
2.0
Jun 25, 2016

Theoretically it's fabulous! In reality - falls short.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Beautiful campus, non-profit cafe, good employee discount on all kinds of meat, high bonuses, no micromanaging in my dept, and salary is on target. Internal reviews involve peer contribution (called a 360) which makes a rogue manager easily identifiable. Theoretically, that sounds awesome....but...

Cons

In the short time I've worked there, over half of the tax department has turned over. There is NO work/life balance, especially with that kind of turnover. Even though management knows the cause of the turnover, they do nothing to fix it. Benefits are horrible. The vacation you're given must be taken during the year because no rollover is allowed. Health insurance is now only an HSA with a $1600 deductible per person. And that 360 evaluation idea? It keeps people scared to speak up. What if they are the peer to evaluate you on the 360? Will they give you a low score because of speaking up? Fear is what the tax department runs on. It's exhausting. Oh, and forget about using the laptops handed out to work offsite. They will suggest you are a liar. All in all, a fear-based environment in which management has zero guts to clean house and put those values in practice.

1.0
Jul 29, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are decent and they have a nice cafeteria. Campus is pretty. There are better departments to work in that have great managers. HR and benefits is not one of them.

Cons

They expect you to work 11-12 hour days, don't care about work/life balance. Management is mostly concerned with their year end bonuses and therefore employees are expected to make them look good.

1.0
Mar 25, 2015
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

I cant think of one

Cons

Filthy locker rooms they spray for lice ect. once a month. They just spray everything down with a hose. The lockers are rusty. They treat employees especially those with little understanding of English quite badly. I made it the days. The third day I was sent to the ground beef area. Very cold and dark. Disgusting scraps of beef coming down the line, Green meat, yes green meat. Small chunks of dry ice mixed in. Fork lifts running back and forth behind you. I told the trainer I had thin ankle socks on and she said oh put on your boots and you will be fine. I was dressed in a Tshirt and jeans . She brought me a freezer coat and said I would be fine. I was giver latex gloves like the nurses wear . and a pair of thin gloves. The supervisor came buy and said oh you cant wear those,did you get your hands wet? Of course I did the gloves ripped 5 minutes after I started. He said I will bring you some. I didn't see him again. An hour later it was break. My feet were cramping and once I got into the light of the hallway I noticed my fingers were white. I went to the locker room tried to take off my boots but my feet were so cold they cramped hard when I tried to pull them out. I got them off finally got changed and with me feet cramping headed to the exit. A trainer saw me and said where do you think your going? Standing in front of me I guess trying to intimidate me. I guess he figured out that I wasn't a refugee so this probably wasn't going to work . I left and never looked back. Why did I dress the way I did you may ask? I was supposed to be in the classroom all day. They sent a woman with me she didn't speak English. I watched as she struggled with her freezing hands trying to do a job that nobody could explain to her. I wonder if she is alright. Do not work for this company .

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