Ok but not ok - Anonymous employee Five Guys Employee Review

3.0
Jul 27, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

lots of friendly regulars customers usually are great tips at the end of each shift decent hours during most of the year basic benefits after 1yr of employment

Cons

there is more drama than in a high school staff consistently book days off staff have given up covering shifts regularly high turnover rate can be pushed to take the gray shirt (supervisor) exam after the three-month probation more often than not there is a fight for power/authority amongst gray shirts constant blame on each other Call in sick? Unless someone is willing to cover you are coming in no matter how bad it is Hurt yourself? Ok your modded duties are doing things that will aggravate the injury and slow the healing process if not make it worse Problems are rarely solved (when problems are resolved it lasts maybe a week) poor training (has slightly improved since I started but not by much honestly)

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Pros

They will teach you everything you need to be successful. They have much higher standards than most places, one of the few places I'd have no problem eating at any location. They'll make sure you have everything you need to meet those standards, especially once you get to a management level. They have corporate trainers and the GM at my location was also great. I'm a GM at a different place now and my experience here left me well prepared me for that position.

Cons

Pay. That's the only reason I left, I would have stayed with the company if I could have gotten a raise and I would definitely return if they offered something comparable to what I'm making elsewhere.

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