On numerous occasions pay checks were slighted and the company placed little haste on paying employees their earned wages. Wages were most often unfair and term and promotion raises we're put off for months at a time. The Essential Baking Company claims to be a sustainable and locally supportive business, but such values are not maintained if even pennies can be saved. These values were why I worked for the company, but I soon found that their "organic and sustainable" business practices were just a facade.