Wildflower Bread Company Reviews

Pros

This company is committed to defining itself through being a Values driven organization and is more than about just feeding people, it is about feeding the soul.

Cons

There are lots of growing pains within the company and this can cause stressful working conditions combined with confusion.

Pros

Good Food that I can’t afford to eat working for Wildflower Bread Co.

Cons

No respect from corporate, you won’t get a pay raise any time soon and when you do it won’t reflect the work you've put into their company. Pay is well below industry average. The owner makes money hand over fist and pays employees like crap. Certain employees are shown that they are valued while the vast majority is shown how easy they will be replaced. You will work hard and get nothing in return; there are no benefits unless you pay 100% of it yourself which only helps the valued employees who get part of theirs paid for. A great example of the rich getting richer while they keep the poor right were they are, broke and uninsured. You will be better off on unemployment.

Advice to Senior Management

Show that you value the workers that make it all happen for you. Like benefits, pay raises based on performance and hard work and it wouldn’t hurt you to actually promote from within the company also so that it is not such a dead end job.

Pros

Friendly co workers, managers were willing to work with schedules for time off, all about customer service.

Cons

Always working at a very fast pace.

Pros

Passion and commitment of senior leadership team

Cons

No work/life balance. You are "on" 24/7

Advice to Senior Management

Focvus on key projects and set a long-term strategy for the Company. Find some balance between work and personal.

Pros

the food is good..but when something screws up we end up giving it away to the customer hoping they dont email a nasty letter in. if they do we get written up reguarlesss

Cons

they are so cheap. we just lost all of our employee meal discounts, 401k matching and cut backs on our health benifits...all of our store managers are wonding how much longer the company can hold on.

Advice to Senior Management

sell out to another company that has the cash/financial resources to really make this company grow. we don't really think the owners have the employee needs in mind

Pros

The food and fresh baked goods are fantastic. We have a good following in the community. People get a good value for their money. Our menus always have something new that people like to try. We always take the guest's side in a complaint. We provide internet access for free. We get to sample food that most people would not get to try unless they visited a simular concept on the east coast. We are starting to lean how to compete in this difficult market. Managers tend to run good shifts and get along with each other very well. We work hard to go above and beyond expectations.

Cons

The training is more of a "jump in the water and see if you can float" system. Support is rarely given to new ideas and people are not encouraged to think out side of the box. Our corporate staff is rarely there to support the restaurants. Managers work each day in fear of what they will get written up for. The rules seem to change with the wind. Executives will come into the stores and always finds something wrong. He then drills the fault into the managers and be littles them into tears, anger or guilt for not knowing when it was never taught in training.

We get promised a bonus structure, 401k matching, company meals and new uniforms but once you get into a store you find that only some of this applies to some stores.

Unless you get something in writing the chances of holding them accountable to what they tell you are nil.

The managers tend to work out of fear all the time. It's better not to speak up unless you've got approval from all of your fellow managers about an idea or you'll get looked upon as an outkast.

We don't give our staff the tools needed to grow and expand. There is alot of "go out and get the business" but no support to make that happen.

Advice to Senior Management

Find ways to treat your managers with respect. Don't slam people for being human. Remeber that people have long memories and you can't expect them to be treated so badly and not expect other to hear about it.

Perception is reality and when your managers don't have trust or faith in the top of the leadership it's going to show in the results.

People leave your company and don't just tell 10 ppl...they tell everyone how great the food is, but how bad it is to work there...