“Great company to work for!”

Pros:  “Great atmosphere, nice employees, make alot of money on commission depending on the department, health benefits, 401k”

Cons:  “Discount is a little skimpy (20%), long shifts (it kind of becomes your life), returns” – Full Review

“Good People”

Pros:  “Good money if you're in the right location”

Cons:  “The double shifts are killers” – Full Review

“Awesome company with great values”

Pros:  “The people that Joie de Vivre attract as employees make the experience. They are always upbeat and management looks for ways to improve the experience for them”

Cons:  “As with most hotels there are a ton of seasonal positions, so turnover is extremely fast paced and makes it difficult to acquire full time positions” – Full Review

“Awesome job if you like seeing a smile on the customers face at the end of the day”

Pros:  “Management is easy going. Learn mostly by trial and error. Relatively easy work as long as you keep track of everything, and pay can me good on most days.”

Cons:  “Communication can be disorganized at times. Employees that bring personal problems to work. Having to find management for all approvals.” – Full Review

“Chef/Manager”

Pros:  “Great atmosphere and positive environment to explore new and exciting cooking techniques, with access to the best possible local sustainable ingredients available.”

Cons:  “Limited room for growth. Some times the size of the company makes it impossible to get noticed and set yourself apart from the rest of the flock.” – Full Review

“Great company to work for and very employee focused.”

Pros:  “Flexible and creative environment with excellent supporting management.”

Cons:  “Communication is not always as swift as it could be.” – Full Review

“Pretty good, cool magagement and good money”

Pros:  “good money. Flexible hours for being a student. Menu is priced right so servers can still make pretty good money. Opportunity to move up in the company”

Cons:  “corporate rules make serving the guests difficult at times. Always afraid you will be shopped or something. not very good benefits” – Full Review

“Excellent company to work for.”

Pros:  “A Great salary benefits etc”

Cons:  “long days and not enough help” – Full Review

“It was an interesting adventure, lots of ups and lots of downs.”

Pros:  “I worked for Oakwood for almost 10 years in varying roles. Longest position I had was as a National Account Coordinator for 7 years. I truly loved working at Oakwood minus…”

Cons:  “During the past year (2012) the company completely changed directions with little to no communication. A new company was acquired and it seemed as though the…” – Full Review