Absolute hell - Crew Member Five Guys Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Free food & drink That's about it really.

Cons

The worst job of my life. If I could give this place -5 I would. Treat customers like royalty and staff like used toilet paper. There are two shifts- 6 am - 4/5 pm ----- consists of making burgers, cutting veg for about 2/3 hours. Cleaning the whole kitchen, if you are lucky you will get 20mins break. After that you are expected to go back to work. This involves cleaning tables, taking out the rubbish and the worst of all checking toilets. For some managers that are really evil, they expect for you to wipe the stair case with a mere piece of cloth every 20 minutes. I mean which store have you heard of forces staff to do that sort of work! especially knowing how busy the store gets. evening 5pm- 2am if you're lucky. Usually till work or basics such as cleaning the shop floor.

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Friendly environment that feels like family

Cons

Low wages compared to competition

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Pros

They will teach you everything you need to be successful. They have much higher standards than most places, one of the few places I'd have no problem eating at any location. They'll make sure you have everything you need to meet those standards, especially once you get to a management level. They have corporate trainers and the GM at my location was also great. I'm a GM at a different place now and my experience here left me well prepared me for that position.

Cons

Pay. That's the only reason I left, I would have stayed with the company if I could have gotten a raise and I would definitely return if they offered something comparable to what I'm making elsewhere.

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