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Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar

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Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar Reviews

2.5

36% would recommend to a friend

(87 total reviews)
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Ruth Tal

38% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 87 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Fresh Kitchen + Juice Bar employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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87 reviews
1.0
17 Mar 2017

not great

Recommend
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Pros

free meals large, clean kitchens generally pleasant coworkers

Cons

-they seem to hire large amounts of very young, part-time workers, and then fire them right before 3 months, seemingly to avoid granting them the benefits of working longer then 3 months. -since they don't need to give a reason for firing before 3 months, they'll fire you for anything they feel like, including just not liking your personality. watching people get fired without reason makes you feel paranoid that managers are gossiping about you and watching your every move. -maybe since most of their kitchen workers are so young and go through so fast, the more seasoned workers and assistant managers seem comfortable harassing and being abusive towards them. I was disgusted at how vicious many of them were towards workers who made simple mistakes. This made the kitchen environment very tense and unpleasant. -on a similar note, there was a lot of micromanaging, as though the management did not trust their workers to be motivated by anything but fear of repercussion. -i was hired at the same time as a few white, male workers, whom i saw promoted to line before me, though they mostly smoked weed outside and talked while i took on the brunt of the work. - i never got a full half-hour meal break, as required by law! there is a weird, unwritten expectation that you should take 10 to 15 minutes, if you take longer you get passive-egressive comments like 'that was a while' or 'where have you been?". This isn't terribly uncommon in work places, but for a business that claims to be 'ethical' it was somewhat funny. All in all- I've worked a number of strange jobs in my life, but I've never dreaded coming to work before because of the sheer unpleasantness of the atmosphere.

1.0
20 Mar 2016
Recommend
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Pros

- Great discount whilst on shift - Good food - Always busy = good tips

Cons

- HUGE micromanagers, it's as if they don't trust the employees - If management doesn't like you for any reason whatsoever, they will find a way to get rid of you - Absolutely no room for mistakes, if you don't fulfil duties accordingly you will be disciplined - Most employees are stressed and most likely because they're scared of losing their jobs - Employees only work hard out of fear, not out of enjoyment - Not a fun work environment, very hostile and stressed

2.0
16 Mar 2016

Unless you're friends with management, no prospects here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

If you work as a server or in management, you'll have some decent job security and will make a livable wage. If not, you're out of luck. The staff parties are fun.

Cons

- Fresh as a restaurant is the revolving door of hosts and prep cooks. They hire an excessive amount of entry-level full-time employees during their peak seasons and fire them for seemingly arbitrary reasons as the slower service industry months come along. - Potentially keeping your job is less about your aptitude, and more on whether you are friends with upper management. - Assistant Managers get very nasty with staff; I've seen on multiple occasions my coworkers subjected to their tirades- reduced to tears over a simple miscommunication. - Fresh's clientele is among one of the most privileged and demanding I've seen in the industry thus far. - The male owner of Fresh often leers at female coworkers.

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