Blue Apron Employee Reviews about "blue apron"

Pros

The company culture at Blue Apron is great. Everyone is very welcoming and friendly and willing to help. There's also a great opportunity for cross-department promotions or transfers if you find something that interests you.

Cons

As a fast growing company, you can occasionally feel a bit forgotten if you're in certain departments. Communication could be improved with regards to submitted requests.

Pros

Salary was great and benefits included lots of free food and a 50% discount off meals. The people here are a pleasure to work with and I made many close friends! There seemed to be plenty of internal job opportunities, offering rapid career growth for those truly invested in the company.

Cons

Blue Apron has by far the most toxic work culture I have ever encountered. It wasn't uncommon for employees to pick fights with each other; this place seemed more like a school playground than a professional work environment. Conflict resolution? Nah, just yell at your coworkers. Don't like how your boss is acting? Throw them shade for weeks! There was a clear hierarchy in place dividing hourly and salaried associates, in part due to the insane supervisor to associate ratio (why are there so many supervisors??) Many salaried employees, especially upper management, would pride themselves on being better than their hourly counterparts, when in fact, there are several hourly associates who know the company better than them and are more capable of managing a team. There were some employees who required incessant babysitting, and some who constantly went above and beyond but never received as much praise as they deserved. I hate to throw COVID into the mix but oh boy, here we go. Blue Apron handled COVID so poorly to the point where the facility was almost shut down. HR failed to put employees at ease and a constant fear of illness loomed in the air for months. Upper management's empty talk about working together to beat the virus only lowered team morale. Social distancing was rarely enforced due to the nature of the work. It wasn't until the facility faced too many cases that management decided to put in more stringent practices to stop the spread. In such a tolling work environment, you would hope HR would be supportive. Many claims brought to HR were treated with the utmost disrespect and were never resolved. How could HR take your harassment claim seriously if they too were harassing you? From my understanding, a lot of employees were very unhappy working at the Richmond location and were not afraid to vocalize this. There's a reason why attendance issues are so rampant here. It's a shame that most employees are too comfortable in their roles to pursue a career change.

Pros

The culture of Blue Apron is undeniably great. I love coming into work every morning because of the palpable passion that emanates from my co-workers. Even if you're not a major foodie, everyone here feels strongly about our product, and the impact we are having on our customers. People here are smart, driven, and go above and beyond to get the job done. I love our product- not only do I use our service myself, but knowing that our customers get so much joy and satisfaction from cooking with us really makes coming to work that much better. I love the education and lifelong learning piece of Blue Apron, and I think this is what truly sets us apart from any other company of our kind. The potential for growth within the company is definitely there, as long as you are willing to put in the time and effort to do so. Nothing here will be handed to you on a silver platter, and working hard is a requirement.

Cons

The speed at which we are growing could potentially be looked at as a con, but as long as the company as a whole is keeping tabs and ensuring that we can keep up with our growth, I don't see it as a problem. I think we could be taking better care of our employees in terms of salary, benefits, and 401k. Improvement in this area will only make employees happier and more committed to the company.

Pros

Working for Blue Apron you learn a lot about various products that are not typically sold in regular stores/supermarkets.

Cons

The work is not hard it's the lack of communication and organization. It's hard to move up especially when you're a good worker.

Pros

Solid CEO and COO leading the charge. Upper management has a good vision of what needs to be done in order to run a more solid and fluid organization. Good benefits and Blue Apron is committed to trying to do what is best for their employees.

Cons

Unfortunately, the front-line operations teams lack direction and a real vision that can be successful. The leadership structure is not set up for success that can be sustained. Quite a few managers in positions that they do not qualify for, at least not at this point in their career path. The leaderships vision is week to week no long-term planning initiatives. Your opinion will not matter as the operations leadership team tend to think they know it all. Even though their weekly decisions cost the company an abundance of loss revenue. Go figure.

Pros

The team vibe is great at Blue Apron and I can't speak highly enough of my Team Lead. Everyone is very encouraging and helpful.

Cons

Customer service has a lot of cons as most people who call in are already furious.

Pros

- Plenty of snacks and booze - Flexible schedule and vacation policy

Cons

- Lack of diversity, insular, elitist culture (but what can you expect from a company that is built around a product that promotes touristic appropriation of cuisines and cultures?). - Expectation that employees be cultish-ly enthusiastic about the product; opportunities for advancement are dependent on willingness to act as if Blue Apron is changing the world. - It's a start up and most of the employees are under 35: no one really knows what they are doing, and there are sloppy mistakes everywhere.

Pros

The company culture at Blue Apron is great. Everyone is very welcoming and friendly and willing to help. There's also a great opportunity for cross-department promotions or transfers if you find something that interests you.

Cons

As a fast growing company, you can occasionally feel a bit forgotten if you're in certain departments. Communication could be improved with regards to submitted requests.

Pros

I've worked at Blue Apron long enough to say it is definitely a great place to work. The pay is good, the benefits are good and getting better, the environment is fun, fast paced, but very team work

Cons

A lot of ambiguity at times I guess could be a negative, but that's expected in a startup environment.

Pros

I love working at blue apron the people are freindly and great hours

Cons

People gossip to much and too much security