Avoid. Just avoid. - Anonymous employee Aramark Employee Review

1.0
18 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

They're not substantially worse than Sodexo or Compass. They talk a good talk.

Cons

Unfortunately, they don't walk the walk. Massive blame-culture. Poor positive feedback. They definitely prefer the stick to the carrot. Weak junior & middle management, oblivious senior management. Hand out disciplinary action like smarties. Food & creative side to the business abysmal. The whole Northern European operation seems to be doing what McDonalds did in the 1950s, and continues to do to this day. Creativity is stifled. Trust in staff is zero. Simply appalling supply chain with little-to-no support should the chain fail. Buy it frozen, reheat it, brand it, chuck it out the door. Wages are poor unless the client stipulates living-wage, then at least the bottom-rung can earn more than expected!

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low pay ,no work life balance,Your just a number too them they will replace as fast they can,no empathy for their employees, Give you points for Doctors notes because they said the first Don't count ,There manger are younger Adults who Don't know,No training the train walk off and leave you.They also give your points family for family members that they consider that are your expanded family basically like your aunt's uncle's cousins nephews nieces things like that that is your expanded family basically and if you attend their funerals you will get a point for those days that you attend the funerals which is totally wrong because your aunt's and your uncles and your cousins are your immediate family also so you you basically got to choose if you're going to go and grieve Your your family or get a point on your job and then eventually maybe you lose your job and that should never be a factor in a job no matter what state law says or a company says

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