The Chastain Reviews

2.4

21% would recommend to a friend

(24 total reviews)

37% positive business outlook

The Chastain has an employee rating of 2.4 out of 5 stars, based on 24 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The The Chastain employee rating is 35% below average for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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24 reviews
1.0
8 June 2024

WORST COMPANY EVER

Recommend
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Pros

Competitive wages and great tips

Cons

Horrible management creates a stressful work environment. They only care about the image they present to their customers while treating the employees like "labor" and not like human beings. You are expendable and they will make sure you know that. You are expected to work non stop for your entire 8 hour shift with no breaks or downtime- unless you go to the bathroom. They tell you during the interview that you'll get a "family meal" every shift, which sounds like a free meal and a lunch break. In reality its scraps of whatever is leftover and you will be expected to eat quickly, by yourself, while standing up. Morale is low. If you have any other job prospects- go with that. Do NOT work here. If you do take the job, get ready to walk on eggshells and hope you don't make any mistakes because mistakes are grounds for write ups or termination... as is a million other things. They have an insanely high turnover rate because they will fire you for any reason whatsoever. As a cafe worker or barista you'll also be expected to learn their entire food menu as if you were a server.

2.0
24 Dec 2021

Messy Management

Recommend
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Pros

Fun staff, amazing Pastry Chef & Pastry Team, shifts typically 3:30-11/12. Great for career fine-dining servers, especially if you already have Buckhead regulars.

Cons

Management will tell you that servers average $1000/week take home and bartenders average $2000/week take home. That is an absolute downright lie. I, along with fellow new servers on staff we're making 500-700/week take home, and senior bartenders about 1200-1400/week. While this is livable for some, grossly over-exaggerating your staff's average pay in order to get a new employee in the door is reprehensible and should never happen. They claim that if you're a good server, you should be averaging 30-40% tips, but baby this is Old Money Buckhead okay. Tip-out percentages end up being about 30% of your tips (just under 5.75% of sales). I've also never seen so much staff turn-over in a restaurant due to people constantly quitting or getting fired. There's an insane amount of micromanaging, but a bizarre lack of management when/where it's *actually* needed.

2.0
3 Oct 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great food and consistent clientele.

Cons

Poor training, no or limited breaks. Questionable sanitary practices

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