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Working at Foster Farms

Zippia score 4.4

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Foster Farms overview

Industry
Agriculture
Revenue
$3B
Headquarters
Employees
10,001
Founded in
1939
Website
Organization type
Private
CEO
Dan Huber
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Foster Farms is an American poultry company. The company has been privately owned and operated by the Foster family since 1939.
The staff at Foster Farms come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 34.6% female and 51.3% ethnic minorities. Foster Farms employees are slightly more likely to be members of the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, with 57.0% of employees identifying as members of the Republican Party. Despite their political differences, employees at Foster Farms seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 4.0 years.The average employee at Foster Farms makes $37,022 per year. Pay at Foster Farms is significantly lower than some of its highest paying competitors, like Quaker Oats, Big Heart Pet Brands, and Darigold, which pay $66,518, $58,313, and $57,918, respectively.
Based in California, Foster Farms is an industry leader with 10,001 employees and an annual revenue of $3.0B.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2024
Pros of working at Foster Farms

Benefits are really good

Cons of working at Foster Farms

Poor management and alot of favoritism

Foster Farms benefits

Health benefits

What do you like best about Foster Farms's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing

How would you improve Foster Farms's culture?

Restructuring of management

How did you prepare for the Foster Farms interview?

Nothing they hire anyone. So if you need a job quickly they'll more than likely hire you

How does your compensation at Foster Farms compare to the industry average?

It's alright

What's the diversity at Foster Farms like?

That depends on the department. There's not alot of Hispanic there

What brings you the most joy at Foster Farms?

Nothing really. Only joy I get is when I clock out

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2024
Pros of working at Foster Farms

good salary

Cons of working at Foster Farms

HR dictates terrible environment

Foster Farms benefits

none worth working there

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2023
Pros of working at Foster Farms

Good benefits

Cons of working at Foster Farms

Supervisors hire friends and family a-lot of favortism

Foster Farms benefits

Discounted items

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2023
Pros of working at Foster Farms

Coming to work making money and going home. I use to love coming to work we were family but not anymore

Cons of working at Foster Farms

Supervisor's dont care nothing about u

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2020
Pros of working at Foster Farms

It's technical get too meet people associate & give a good decent feed back

Cons of working at Foster Farms

Slow no pay

Foster Farms benefits

Social media skills

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The team at Foster Farms

  • The key people at Foster Farms is Dan Huber.
Key people
Dan Huber

Foster Farms rankings

Foster Farms is ranked #48 on the Best Agriculture companies to work for in America list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Foster Farms salaries

Average Foster Farms salary
$37,022
yearly
$17.80 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Foster Farms diversity

9.7
Diversity score
We calculated Foster Farms’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Foster Farms’s workforce.
Foster Farms diversity summary. Zippia estimates Foster Farms's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Foster Farms's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Foster Farms's workforce.
  • Foster Farms has 10,001 employees.
  • 35% of Foster Farms employees are women, while 65% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Foster Farms is White (49%).
  • 30% of Foster Farms employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 9% of Foster Farms employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Foster Farms makes $37,022 per year.
  • Foster Farms employees are most likely to be members of the republican party.
  • Employees at Foster Farms stay with the company for 4.0 years on average.

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Foster Farms financial performance

9.8
Performance score

Highest paying Foster Farms competitors

Compare Foster Farms salaries to competitors, including Quaker Oats, Big Heart Pet Brands, and Darigold. Employees at Quaker Oats earn the highest average yearly salary of $66,518. The salaries at Big Heart Pet Brands average $58,313 per year, and the salaries at Darigold come in at $57,918 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
1$66,5180
2$58,3130
3$57,9180
4$51,3190
5$48,0560
6$47,6610
7$42,8470
8$42,7190
9$39,7060
10$37,6220
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