Caffè Nero Reviews
Found 343 reviews
"free coffee good colleagues that's it" (in 54 reviews)
"All my regular customers are like an extended family" (in 14 reviews)
"20 minute break (x2) if working 11 or 12 hours" (in 29 reviews)
"Long hours not enough time to closes store" (in 24 reviews)
"Great employee bonding"
StarStarStarStarStarRecommendsPositive OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Caffè Nero full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Flexible schedule Free coffee Learning opportunities
Cons
Not high paying No more lunch
Advice to Management
Nothing, fun place to work
Caffè Nero2019-04-18- Helpful (2)
"awful wage/benefit structure"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero part-time for more than 4 years
Pros
Free shift meals and drinks, discount card.
Cons
Benefits only apply to full-time employees working minimum 30+ hours weekly for the entire year. No PTO, insurance, benefits for PT employees. Terrible wage structure. Shift leads only make $1 more than baristas and are not allowed to receive tips, so non-management hourly staff end up making much more when combined with tips. Hourly rate determined by PT/FT status, so newer FT employees make more than seniored PT--there...
Show MoreCaffè Nero2019-03-22 - Helpful (1)
"corporate corpoate corporate"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Part of coffee chain that has 1000+ stores
Cons
Store managers are quitting left and right because a year ago they still held a family like company culture and now its only about the numbers. They are the new Starbucks popping up everywhere just with a different interior design that doesn't make you think corporate. They have gone from getting fresh bread delivered daily to purchasing frozen breads, from high quality milk to milk anyone can buy at their local 7/11.
Advice to Management
We all love when the Patriots win the Superbowl but when you decide out of the blue to reward customers with FREE drinks for 3 HOURS maybe you should think about all the managers who are currently underpaid and overworked. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Caffè Nero2019-03-26 - Helpful (1)
"the company has no concept of how to treat employees if they want to keep them."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
thorough training at the beginning, free drinks and staff meals. The coffee is good quality.
Cons
the pay is horrible. The hourly difference between shift leaders and baristas is so low that it doesn't begin to cover the difference between tipped and nontipped positions. Depending on the store you work in, you could make off with far more money once tips are factored in than you would as a shift leader. The standards that employees are held to are completely arbitrary at times and applied inconsistently from worker...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Pay your employees better. Make an actual incentive for baristas to become Shift Leaders. Treat your baristas better.
Caffè Nero2019-03-24 "Barista at Caffe Nero"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero for more than 2 years
Pros
Good work environment, easy to find coverage, fun people
Cons
Early mornings, totally active for 8 hours
Caffè Nero2019-01-30- Helpful (1)
"No work life balance and they frown upon anyone calling in sick."
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero full-time for more than a year
Pros
Free coffee…free lunch…the sandwiches are garbage.
Cons
To many to list. Think about it. This is a multi million dollar company who refused to give a blind mans therapy dog water. Supposedly they will tell you it’s due to hygiene. I guess they are to stupid to give the dog water in a plastic to go container. We were actually told to ask the owner what type of therapy dog is it. Bostonians are already beginning to take their business elsewhere. They should have done better...
Show MoreAdvice to Management
Hire new management.
Caffè Nero2018-07-10 "Slightly disorganized but overall a very good company to work for"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero full-time for more than a year
Pros
Store managers are salaried and good benefits. Upper management takes accountability and their responsibility to ensure a positive experience very seriously. Hold weekly development classes for all Assistant Store Managers and Store managers to help them understand the business.
Cons
assistant store managers work a minimum of 45 hours a week with 10 hour shifts. Certain level of disorganization because they aren’t a fully established in Boston.
Caffè Nero2018-04-05"Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Great culture lots of room for growth and development
Cons
The amount of time expected to work
Caffè Nero2018-03-30"Not the best"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Caffè Nero part-time
Pros
Thorough training when you first start
Cons
Unorganized management and the pay is not great
Caffè Nero2018-02-26"Standard customer service"
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I worked at Caffè Nero full-time
Pros
- good people to work with overall - unlimited coffee - easy and mindless work
Cons
- monotonous once you've learned the ropes - long queues with impatient customers
Caffè Nero2017-11-13