Pathetic Leadership - Anonymous employee Subway Employee Review

1.0
Nov 30, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

work/life balance. comfortable place to work if you are not looking to develop and are complacent with where you are in life. Free items throughout the year Thanksgiving: turkey, Fall: Apples, Summer: Watermelon

Cons

old and fat workforce which increases insurance cost for all employees 1000 - handicaps parking spaces (aren't we supposed to be an "eat fresh" brand? Healthy? TERRIBLE benefits (dismal) TERRIBLE pay (well below industry standards - which accounts for the most of the under performing employees) - you pay for what you get uneducated leadership - secretaries promoted to director levels no experience or diversity among leadership/managers/director - long standing employees that are only aware of the "Sub"way and have no perspective of other ways of doing things out side the box too cheap to invest in technology

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Pros

Very flexible scheduling, especially if your manager is willing to work around all their employees. You usually get a 50% discount that you can use once a day too.

Cons

Direct district management at this location does not know how to manage people. He will not really do anything to help or assist until his supervisors look into his stores and what he does. He will shift blame onto any general manager he can, and if any district manager decides you are doing your job incorrectly or you need to adjust what you are doing, there will be little to no support in helping you become a better employee. It really can become a "popularity contest" when you work in store management. If you are a regular employee or shift lead, you won't really have any direct contact with district management.

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