1. What employee benefits that are not described in this case would you expect to be important to employees at General Mills? Why do you think they aren’t mentioned?
2. What evidence can you find in this case that benefits at General Mills are tied to benefits objectives and corporate objectives?
3. How can General Mills ensure that its benefits are not just luxurious expenses but also contribute to business success?

Number one on Fortune ’s 2009 list of Best Companies to Work For. Voted by its employees as among the top five on Glassdoor.com’s Best Places to Work. Placing on Working Mother ’s list of 100 Best Companies and among the top five of its Best Companies for Multicultural Women. And finally, number one on Computerworld ’s 2009 list of the 100 Best Places to Work in IT.
With all that praise, General Mills must be doing something right by its employees. And much of what people are talking about involves employee benefits at the company, whose products include Yoplait yogurt and Progresso soup.