As close as you can get to being illegal without crossing the line - Anonymous employee Grill'd Employee Review

3.0
24 June 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- The other employees - however not all of them. A lot of employees are rude and love gossip. Especially my manager. - Getting free food when working a shift longer than 5 hours - however this very rarely happens, I'm lucky if I get a five hour shift.

Cons

- Pay is an absolute joke. The company can get away with paying employees what they do because we are classed as trainees, however when I started working at Grill'd I had no idea about this, and was never signed up to the training. Even now being signed up (6 months late), I still receive no training. - My boss loves to put people down. Sometimes he gives an employee no shifts for the week because he simply doesn't like them - and makes it clear by not giving them any work. Also in a "review" I had with my boss, he basically told me that people were telling him they don't like me, and that I should fix that. And that "I don't have to stay with the company". - Not receiving penalty wages and being paid under minimum leaves you feeling useless. - Nothing good that you ever do will be recognized. - This may not be true to all stores, but my store has a list written up in the staff area of the top 10 employees. Just to make you all feel a little more crappy.

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Pros

Great benefits and team although rough pay

Cons

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3.0
27 Oct 2016
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Pros

I worked at the Neutral Bay branch which is a franchise so would be slightly different to the usual Grilld store. Generally all the people that work there are pretty nice and have cool personalities. The quality that Grilld emphasizes is definitely the real deal. If you are young and looking for a job it's a good place to start as the culture is quite nice. I'd suggest just to do a couple of weekend shifts.

Cons

The work can be tough which is usually the case of hospitality. When you are hired they require you to do all roles such as table service, grilling, cashier, dressing etc. Grill's has a goal of making a burger from 5 to 7 min after order which is not always possible when it's very busy. It can be quite stressful especially as my manager/owner liked to understaff shifts sometimes in order to save money. They also don't have penalty rates and they like to enrol all the staff in a hospitality course (Certificate 3 ) as a way to pay everyone lower wages.

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