Burger King reviews

Let's start with the current recruiting practices - it's completely unnecessary to send interviewees home in the middle of the day, given that you paid for their airfare and hotel to Miami. The "crossfire" of executives attempting to shoot down your morale in a final round is far from representative of day to day work life, and leaves a bad taste in many applicants' mouths. Several interviewees I spoke to refused the offer based off of this experience, and I wouldn't fault them. "Meritocracy" is a word that you will hear constantly describing the culture in an attempt to differentiate BK from other companies. Kind of a strange point given that most companies are meritocratic if they're worth working for (check Forbes best companies list). BK also needs to stop pretending they're an investment bank, especially if the comp isn't close to that type of pay. You're a fast food company and you aren't fooling anyone. I could go on and on about why BK is the pits, but I want to emphasize morale as a final point. The turnover is ridiculous because this company doesn't value their people. Working there for a year, I saw a third of my trainee class come and go- and even more employees higher in the food chain. The company simply doesn't care. They won't compensate overtime dinners (maybe once a quarter), provide staplers or basic office supplies, or provide opportunities for you to hone a skill besides data entry. One of the largest departments is looked down upon by everyone else (readily apparent in email tone and everyday interactions), and the lower compensation for their workers is indicative that even HR feels the same way. How can someone come to work excited when they're treated like their job means nothing? BK has a long way to go in topping their competitor. At the rate of people jumping ship, I'm curious to see if it will ever happen.

If you are the type of person who wants to do nothing but live for your employer, then Burger King is the place for you. They literally drive employees into the ground with how much they over-work them. If you expect a normal work week where you can put in 40, maybe 45 hours and actually have a life outside of work, then don't take an offer from BK. You'll be expected to work a minimum of 55-60 hours in the building, and then you'll be expected to work most evenings from home and occasional weekends. If you don't comply with these efforts, you'll be ousted and considered to be "not a cultural fit." Advancement within the company is completely based on a popularity contest (and I was told this from senior and executive management). They will tell you that they "pay for performance," but in reality they only think you're contributing if you're the last one to leave at 10pm. Another item I was told my senior management is that they keep note on who spends the most time there - as if that had any correlation to performance. The run very lean, so lean that you must buy and bring your own office supplies (including pens), so don't be surprised as they eliminate positions and thereby overload everyone else because they are too cheap to pay enough people to get the job done. Voluntary turnover at BK is super high, so high that one of their Major Goals for 2014 was to drop Voluntary Turnover below 50%!! That means that over half of the company leaves every year on their own terms - what does that tell you about the work environment and the "culture?"