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Not a good time to join Restaurant Associates- Stay Away - Manager Restaurant Associates Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Autonomy Opportunity to forge good client relationships RA has accounts at some pretty interesting locations OK for entry level employee in order to get experience

Cons

No growth opportunity Long hours No support from upper management Approach is to hire based on timing- Not on finding the right candidates- no long term vision Company is in survive mode Beware units with collective bargaining agreements NO work/life balance high turnover In general, stay away from this line of work- even worse with Sodexo, Aramark, etc

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5.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good leaders and fellow associates

Cons

Long hours and long days

4.0
May 9, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Love the management team, chefs, and coworkers, cant speak highly enough of them. I have a great work life balance and feel like the kitchen is stocked well.

Cons

The space i work in was badly designed and installed. About a third of the equipment doesn't work, stopped working, never worked which is unacceptable for a new place. Also the very limited fridge and freezer space in comparison to the amount of food produced per day is laughable, if it wasn't so frustrating to deal with on a daily basis.

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