General Mills one of Top 50 Companies For Diversity
DiversityInc has slotted General Mills at #32. The General has made the list four out of the last five years. DiversityInc cites their mentoring programs, work/life programs, and extremely high employee resource group participation as the chief reasons for making the list.
As a former employee I can attest to all three. You can argue all you want about corporate diversity initiatives. I’ll say they certainly made me feel welcome there.
No other companies headquartered here made the list, but other companies with a local (non-retail) presence on the list are American Express (#10), Ernst & Young (#17), Wells Fargo (#26), Novartis Pharmaceuticals (#31), and Accenture (#38).
It’s good that General Mills got recognized. I’ve heard good things about their mentoring programs from employees who said that it showed GM to be something other than just a massive corporate machine.
I was kind of wrong about Novartis. Their Medical Nutrition unit was/is based in St. Louis Park, but that got bought by Nestle last year. Still.