Pros
Plant based. Good food. Employee meal IF you work 6+ hours.
Cons
Hours continue to be cut weekly while work load continues to be the same or increase. While there is a high turn over rate; more people are leaving then being hired. This leaves more work and tasks to the other employees. Several employees are then expected to take on tasks beyond their job description with no additional compensation. Employees have been encouraged to cross train and receive a raise for this, none have gotten a pay increase to my knowledge. There are clear favorites among the managers, some employees receive special scheduling and time off, some are excuses of their inappropriate behavior(including illegal activity) and not have any repercussions. The leadership team has inconsistent and incomplete training, both in how to be a leader as well as being an employee who’s knowledgeable in all aspects of the store; all areas, recipes and procedures. This leaves employees to make up, guess or do work incorrectly. The procedures seem to vary from store to store, furthering the confusion. Breaks are not scheduled and not reinforced. (Read: breaking labor laws) There are many rules and “high standards” for cleaniness, however, soap for doing dishes is not one of them. You are given one work shirt and can earn a second upon completing a menu test. All others must be purchased at the employees expense. The recipes are poorly written and inconsistent measurements are used. The recipes for CA are not designed for their volume, which often leaves the employees to do the math on their own. Multiple coatly mistakes have been caused by the the way they are written and manilupated.