Does Islands Restaurants pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Islands Restaurants employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Islands Restaurants. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Islands Restaurants?

86% of Islands Restaurants employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Islands Restaurants 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Islands Restaurants?

Server (136) , Server/Waiter (45) , Host/Busser (26) , Bartender (25) , Hostess (25) , Server/Bartender (23) , Manager (22) , Host (18) , Service Partner (14) , General Manager (13) , Assistant Manager (11) , Dishwasher (8) , Food Server (8) , Host/Hostess (7) , Line Cook (7)

What are the pros of working at Islands Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"It's fun to have some regulars and some great coworkers" ((in 38 reviews)); "The people are great and everyone helps each other" ((in 31 reviews)); "Fun work environment and flexible with scheduling" ((in 21 reviews)); "staff was great" ((in 19 reviews)); "Flexible hours and tips upfront" ((in 18 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Islands Restaurants according to real employee reviews?

"bad management ended up taking over" ((in 47 reviews)); "If you get a bad manager you just have to roll with the punches." ((in 35 reviews)); "sometimes hours were limited and had to get time off approved very far in advanced" ((in 12 reviews)); "Mostly everything, Extreme favoritism, expectations extremely high." ((in 9 reviews)); "Management definitely has favorites and will give more leeway to whoever they like most." ((in 7 reviews))

Islands Restaurants Reviews

4.0

86% would recommend to a friend

(576 total reviews)

Tony DeGrazier

91% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Islands Restaurants has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 576 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Islands Restaurants employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

576 reviews

1.0

28 Sept 2016

Thumbs down

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Managers can use their Islands comp cards to eat over priced and mediocre food for free... They could even use it to drink alcohol.

Cons

For hourly employees: Hourly wages are low compared to other full service restaurants. FOH employees only work 2-4 hours a shift. BOH employees only work 4-5 hours a shift. Work/Life Balance: They mention weekends off for GMs and consecutive days off... yes, but you are always "on call" and end up working the "hourly" shifts as a fry cook or grill cook on your day off . So, it never feels like you had a day off or quality time with family. Upper management is condescending and on a high horse. Most are hypocrites and back stabbers that hide behind the "culture" to get away with it.

1.0

12 June 2015

Terrible work environment

Server

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

It's all positive until their true colors come out

Cons

I hated working here. I couldn't take it any longer. Everything this place tries to enforce is just a bunch of crap. You can be the most genuine person/hard working and they will put a druggie fake piece of scum above you in better sections just because the management is just as fake. Glad to be gone and actually focussing on a career that than poo hole.

2.0

5 Feb 2013

Dead End Job

Host

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

You get their food for a discount.

Cons

Customers can you treat you poorly and there's nothing you can do about it. No promotion unless you become a server, but most servers are "lifers." They'll never leave. Also you have to do a lot of clean up and it's not worth the money. Cleaning nasty tables, the bathroom, the messes created in a 3 foot radius around any infants in their high chairs.

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