Does Blue Smoke pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Blue Smoke employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Blue Smoke. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Blue Smoke?

62% of Blue Smoke employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Blue Smoke 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

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3.1

62% would recommend to a friend

(15 total reviews)

Danny Meyer

54% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity and inclusion

3.4

Culture and values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

2.9

Work/Life balance

Blue Smoke has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Blue Smoke employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

15 reviews

5.0

20 Jan 2026

Great company

Food runner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, people and management.

Cons

No cons I can think of.

1.0

7 Apr 2024

Just Don't

Server

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There isn't any. Shady practice.

Cons

What ever your deal breakers are plus more.

1.0

9 Jan 2023

Horrible Place to Work, Sociopathic and Dishonest Store Manager

Server assistant/busser

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The co workers were kinda cool.

Cons

Dishonest and sociopathic store manager Low wages Discriminatory practices Manipulative store manager Unnecessarily strict policies Unfair tip pool (despite working just as hard as servers, bussers get paid nearly half as much)

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