Applicants Beware - Cook II Four Seasons Employee Review

2.0
24 June 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are decent compared to other companies in this industry

Cons

The kitchen's culture is toxic at best. Moral is low from the head to the tail. There's a clear priority to manage labor costs instead of running an efficient kitchen. There are little to no set standards and no enforcement of any attempted to be put in place. You're expected to do the work of others as well as your own and deal with complaining and non-constructive criticism when you can't do the impossible. During the busy season you're expected to do more work with the same hours and amount of bodies as you would in the slower months. As far as career development goes, there is none and seemingly little interest in starting any even when expressed to management that you would like to progress.

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5.0
7 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly staff. Straightforward job with good pay. Overall an enjoyable job.

Cons

Inconsistent hours. Burnout can occur if you're looking for something easy. Other than that its pretty much exactly what you'd expect. Good job to have.

3.0
5 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Free nights Lots of paid sick time (use it; trust me, everyone uses it as extra vacation, and it fully replenishes every year) Paid holidays Good benefits

Cons

Communication is terrible; act first, communicate later. Constant shifting goalposts; it seems like, before we can nail down one new kpi or project, an exec got bored and created a new one. The brand seems to have lost its roots since the founder left. If you are in FnB, you enjoy schedule flexibility, not here. If you are full-time, you will always work 40 hours unless you use vacation, and hotels are exhausting. Trading shifts is not a thing. There's no technical training. There's a lot of mandatory training, but it only covers work culture topics. Your direct manager will rarly be available since they seem to be in a meeting every hour of the day.

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