4.0
3 Apr 2013
Former employee, less than 1 year
Chicago, IL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
- Clean conscience, you're making beautiful food in obsessively fresh techniques - Cheerful mentality, even if it's fake, it's nice to work at a place where people appear happy - Some managers are truly motivated to make each store its own collaborative community
Cons
- The promotion process is designed to filter out anyone who isn't insanely power-hungry. - The corporate culture trickles down about as far as the area managers, who are supposedly one step removed from the CEO or whatever. - The personal development journals are a cute analogue to corporate America, but are left empty until a higher-up comes to inspect the store.