Bon Appétit Management Reviews | Glassdoor
Bon Appétit Management Reviews
Companies
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • Interviews

    Bon Appétit Management Reviews

    Updated September 12, 2017
    261 reviews

    Filter

    Filter

    Full-timePart-time
    3.2
    StarStarStarStarStar
    Rating TrendsRating Trends
    Recommend to a friend
    Approve of CEO
    Bon Appétit Management CEO Fedele Bauccio
    Fedele Bauccio
    83 Ratings

    261 Employee Reviews

    Sort: PopularRatingDate
    Pros

    • Good work environment with full benefits package, and free meals everyday (in 15 reviews)

    • Good food, farm to fork, good atmosphere (in 7 reviews)

    Cons

    • No room for growth, unless you don't have an opinion, put your head down and let them abuse you (in 5 reviews)

    • Takes a long time to advance within the company, low pay (in 8 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Great place to work"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time

      Pros

      Great and affordable benefits,
      Free food

      Cons

      Can't park on campus,
      Micro-management

      Advice to Management

      Takes a while grow, you gotta keep pushing them to train you

    2. "FOH manager"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time

      Pros

      Decent benefits. M-F schedule. Free meals.

      Cons

      Old school management. Corporate politics.

      3. Join the Bon Appétit Management team
      See Our Latest Jobs

    3. "supervisor"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time

      Pros

      Full time with benefits, most holidays off, and there are many options of tasks to be performed so if you do not like what you are doing you can be easily moved within the same site.

      Cons

      Stressful during large events, ALWAYS short on staff, and only work approximately 42 weeks a year.

      Advice to Management

      Communicate better with employees as well as other members of management.

    4. "Good Company"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Cashier in Boise, ID
      Former Employee - Cashier in Boise, ID
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Bon Appétit Management part-time

      Pros

      - Friendly staff
      - Good food
      - Free meals

      Cons

      Long hours and incompetent stuff

    5. "Bon appetit"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management part-time

      Pros

      Good people to work with

      Cons

      Poor pay for the work.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to the employees ideas to make things better.

    6. "Top heavy and out of touch"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Catering Operations Manager in Seattle, WA
      Current Employee - Catering Operations Manager in Seattle, WA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great lunch and generous meal policy. They do put a lot of focus on the recipes and using local seasonal ingredients.

      Cons

      Upper management is grandfathered in with very high salaries and job security- they often aren't in tune with current trends or industry standards so a lot of the work falls on a severely underpaid and skilled middle management. Supervisors and operations teams lead the floor and also have to put up with unwarranted criticism from lazy general managers who are quick to scold, since they seem frustrated with the technologies they now have to use daily but still don't fully understand.

      It's a harsh culture of accusations and bosses who constantly think you're not working hard enough when you don't sacrifice your free time to do more work through the evenings and weekends. Meanwhile they spend most of their time on vacations and golfing.

      Advice to Management

      Cycle through the old school executives and you'll free up some top heavy dollars to compensate up and coming managers who deserve an opportunity to lead. Decide if you're still ultimately a good company that values food practices and employee livelihood- or just headed towards the full bureaucracy of a stale, bland corporate takeover.

    7. "Learned more about food and customer service than any other job I've had"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sous Chef in Portland, OR
      Current Employee - Sous Chef in Portland, OR
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Exposure to great food, people and events. Able to network with other chefs in the company across many regions. Freedom to create and farm to fork mantra

      Cons

      Not enough time in the day. Sometimes understaffed which means longer hours than typical sous chef. Lots of turnover at our account

      Advice to Management

      Support your team

    8. "Best of the best"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - General Manager in Salt Lake City, UT
      Current Employee - General Manager in Salt Lake City, UT
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Bon Appétit Management full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      This company says what it means and means what it says. Top to bottom, every level of management treats you as an equal and genuinely cares about you and your opinion.

      Cons

      I wish They would have found me sooner.

    9. "Food Service Worker"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Denver, CO
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Denver, CO
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Bon Appétit Management full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      This is a large food service management company that tries harder than most to be a sustainable , environmentally minded corporate citizen. They feed you well and treat employees respectfully.

      Cons

      They may mislead new hires about how many weeks and even months that there is absolutely no work, due to following the undergraduate class schedule. Job duties are ill defined and are only transmitted by word of mouth, no hand book, so be prepared for a whole lot of conflicting unsolicited instructions from ...basically everybody .

    10. "Alright"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook

      Pros

      Monday thru Friday weekends off. 40 hour work weeks. If you are a competent chef, the chef will leave you alone to do your thing

      Cons

      No advancement, only when someone gets fired and they can't find someone to replace them. No overtime anymore. Management's a joke.

      Advice to Management

      Joke, always beating around the bush.

    Showing 261 of 270 reviews
    Reset Filters