Team - People - Hormel Foods

We are committed to developing and engaging our team members, the driving force behind our innovation, improvement and success.

Our talent strategy is focused on onboarding and training our professionals to create world-class experience throughout our organization. The tenure of our team members is an important indicator of our effectiveness in supporting the careers and well-being of our workforce, and it has a direct bearing on overall company performance.

See additional team member breakdown here.

Team Members With 5+ Years

of service as of 2024

Team Members by Location

92,5,3

U.S. (92%)
Asia (5%)
Other Countries (3%)

in 2024

Age Workforce Demographics

20,50,30

Under Age 30 (20%)
Between 30-50 (50%)
Over Age 50 (30%)

in 2024

Team Members Worldwide

38,62

Female (38%)
Male (62%)

By gender in 2024

Job Type

19,81

Salaried (19%)
Hourly (81%)

in 2024

Learning & Development

We believe our people should feel valued and challenged. We have a strong tradition of promoting from within, and we provide the development and annual performance feedback team members need to succeed and advance.

We conduct annual performance reviews and career discussions that focus on work-life balance, career development, training needs and opportunities. To support our tradition of fostering long-term employment by promoting from within, team members receive formal training throughout their careers at Hormel Foods.

Our career development efforts facilitate and encourage career enhancement and advancement. We also offer educational assistance to reimburse eligible employees for undergraduate, graduate and preparatory courses.

Training is an integral part of developing and growing the skills that foster long-term careers and team member satisfaction at Hormel Foods. Required training is based on applicability to team members’ position responsibilities. Thus, the number of training hours per team member varies across the company. Additionally, all team members have access to optional learning and development opportunities outside of those required courses. Some of our training opportunities include:

Accountability
Accounting
Benefits
Communication skills
Computer skills
Executive leadership
Food safety
Human Rights
Interpersonal skills
Management/leadership
Negotiation
Operations
Reliability/maintenance
Sales
Six Sigma
Workplace safety

Team Member Engagement

We believe an engaged workforce leads to a more innovative, productive and profitable company.

Our team members are the heart and soul of our company. We believe an engaged workforce leads to a more innovative, productive and profitable company.

Each year, we celebrate the spirit of our company, our inspired people and our inspired food by having in-person and virtual events, storytelling, concerts, celebrations and philanthropic opportunities. We use these events to donate to and volunteer with food-security organizations in all our communities and around the world. It’s just one of the ways we demonstrate we’re not just inspired to make great food, we’re inspired to make a difference.

These events contribute to our social impact goals of working toward zero food waste, fostering a sense of belonging, and providing the equivalent of 70 million meals to those in need through cash and product donations.

We understand that our team members won’t be engaged if they don’t feel valued and challenged, so we conduct annual performance reviews with more than 99% of salaried team members, 98% of office hourly team members and 100 percent (informal) of hourly team members in our production facilities.

We also conduct team member engagement surveys to better understand what engagement at Hormel Foods means to our workforce and how it can be enhanced.