ARAMARK Schools Reviews

Former Employee – worked at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – Job security, wonderful training opportunities, you get to travel a lot and many other good stuff. With the right manager, you can advance well. Wonderful safety program and employee support. I loved being at Aramark!

Cons – Pay could be challenging if you work in big metro areas with high cost of living. Some managers could be old school type with no room for new ideas and they often feel threatened.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue striving for excellence with a goal to improve the lives of children. Please, review managers accurately and not kindly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ARAMARK Schools part-time for less than a year

Pros – paid well compared to other on campus jobs, sometimes free food

Cons – some co-workers are demanding. Can be really tiring especially during commencement weekend.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – The benefits are good all around

Cons – It is a long drive for me.

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ARAMARK Schools part-time for less than a year

Pros – The work was interesting. There was a lot to do so it never got boring which is a good thing. I had the summers off.

Cons – The salary was low. My superior's salary was low. She could barely survive on her earnings. She put in long hours and worked very hard.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay your employees more.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This employer is part of a larger company with many other accounts. This fosters the potential for promotion. There are small, close-knit staffs within the individual kitchens. Many staff members have years of experience and knowledge to learn from. Upper management is polite and seems to have the best interests in mind. Aramark gives annual cost of living raises.

Cons – I had hoped for more opportunities to advance, but this may also be due to the economy. Hours have been cut, but the workload has increased. I had expected more formal training to trickle down from the corporate level. For example new HACCP worksheets were introduced. The only information distributed with them was a sheet of written instructions. A simple example of a filled out form would have helped.

Advice to Senior Management – The use pf more bi-lingual documentation and media would help make our Hispanic coworkers feel more included. The system for raises punishes those who receive disciplinary action, but it does not encourage/reward behaviors that go above and beyond the basic expectations/have greater work loads. Regular employee recognition would also be beneficial (i.e. on birthdays).

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Well established, stable company. Benefits are decent though not great. Company will contribute to pay some college expenses for both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Cons – Your experience really depends on your immediate manager. My last manager consistently and consciously kept our team severely understaffed to make himself look like a hero. This, of course, resulted in 80+ hour workweeks for at least half the year and 60 hour weeks the other half. However, I have also experience very good and considerate managers there who wouldn't allow this type of situation to occur or would have corrected it properly by hiring additional staff rather than pushing the staff he had to the breaking point and then punishing them when they were too stressed out to keep a fake smile plastered on their face so the truth about him wouldn't come out.

Advice to Senior Management – "People are our greatest asset" shouldn't be an empty buzz phrase.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than a year

Pros – Learn management skills, interact with people, work on a team. I liked the year-round work. Any job that will help me get the benefits I need are very important.

Cons – lots of manual labor, occasionally feels as if I am on my own while I am working. After all, who likes cleaning gum off the bottom of school tables?

Advice to Senior Management – More support for the people who are on the ground. the disconnect between ARAMARK tower and a school cafeteria is much too great to be effective.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Very reputable company to work for that is very competitive on all fronts within the industry

Cons – Too many hands in the pot when it comes to decision making even on the smallest things

Advice to Senior Management – Great place to start a career and gain leadership experience

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – ARAMARK offers a wealth of resources because of its size.

Cons – Emphasizes financial performance too much.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK Schools full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – working with students and co-workers

Cons – no positive feed back only negative

Advice to Senior Management – say thank you once in a while

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company