Working At Ben & Jerry's

Matthew McCarthy (CEO)

Jerry Greenfield (Founder)

Ben Cohen (Founder)

Yes, Ben & Jerry's drug tests. Ben & Jerry's is a drug-free workplace for the safety of team members and customers, and screening includes cannabis. It does not look like pre-employment drug testing occurs across location or position. In fact, over 35% of former or current employees report being asked to take a pre-employment drug test.

Yes, Ben & Jerry's does hire felons. Ben & Jerry's has a progressive hiring policy that means people with felony charges still have a strong chance to secure work. Many of Ben & Jerry's suppliers also work hard to give people a second chance when hiring.

You answer "Why are you interested in working for Ben & Jerry's?" by focusing on the company and their mission to create the best ice-cream around while also trying to make the word a better place. As well as the company's culture and values, and your own professional development. We recommend coming up with around 3 reasons why you want to work for Ben & Jerry's that relate to your own interests and passions.

You write a cover letter for a job at Ben & Jerry's by focusing on your skills and experiences that best align to the job at hand. As well as a company who not only loves making ice-cream, but also using their business to make the world a better place gives their work its meaning.

You have to be at least 16 years old to work at Ben & Jerry's. There are limited opportunities, however, for those between the ages of 16 and 17 years old, the most common entry level positions for minors include sales associate, packer, and ice-cream taster. The average age range of a Ben & Jerry's employee is 34 years old.

Ben & Jerry's offers comprehensive benefits including health and wellness, paid time off, financial benefits, and employee perks. Ben & Jerry's offers a progressive benefits package that includes the usual stuff plus paid family leave, health club memberships and three free pints of Vermont's finest super premium ice-cream and frozen yogurt every day.

The dress code at Ben & Jerry's is a uniform for retail positions and business casual for office positions.

Ben & Jerry's employee uniform package includes two polo shirts with the company logo, appropriate khaki shorts or pants, and slip-resistant shoes. Dress code policy varies by store. Unnatural hair colors are allowed. All retail employees and ice-cream makes must wear their hair up in a hat, have no fake nails, and no rings or dangling jewelry.

The hiring process at Ben & Jerry's is pretty straight-forward and involves a phone screening and interview sessions. The entire hiring process takes anywhere from 5 days to 3 weeks.