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Updated Mar 22, 2023

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Found 1,137 of over 1K reviews
3.4
52% Recommend to a Friend
Golden Corral President & CEO Lance Trenary
64% Approve of CEO

Found 70 of over 1K reviews

3.4
52%
Recommend to a Friend
64%
Approve of CEO
Golden Corral President & CEO Lance Trenary
Lance Trenary
363 Ratings

Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Money was good during the weekends and busy days (you can make well above minimum wage).(in 48 reviews)
  • "Great people to work for(in 43 reviews)
  • "Coworkers are great.(in 36 reviews)
  • "Free Food! Owner allows and wants you to fix everything and have whatever tools you need to be successful!(in 36 reviews)
  • "Flexible schedules ... Good if your in school.(in 14 reviews)
Cons
  • "Management was horrible they did not know how to motivate employees or how to keep inventory.(in 78 reviews)
  • "long hours and your never going to be rich but you can get the bills paid(in 53 reviews)
  • "Low Pay and Long Hpurs(in 53 reviews)
  • "Rude managers(in 51 reviews)
  • "Very long hours, labor expectations are absurd, corporate upper management is pompous and unrealistic in their expectations.(in 20 reviews)
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  1. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 1 year

    Run

    Jul 12, 2022 - Server/Waiter 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Nice coworkers that’s really it

    Cons

    Management is horrible and don’t care

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  2. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Ehh

    Sep 27, 2012 - Front Line in Albany, GA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    good hours for part time

    Cons

    The front end was lazy and the front end boss did nothing but stand there. I had to do most daily work by myself but the other coworkers received the credit

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Fairly adequate

    Nov 13, 2021 - Sales Associate/Cashier in Nampa, ID
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    My coworkers were always friendly and willing to help me improve

    Cons

    Managers do not listen to calls of improvement

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  5. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    It’s not worth it.

    Sep 27, 2017 - Anonymous Employee in Bensalem, PA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    There aren’t any other then possibly some of the coworkers being fun to work with. Other then that the job is not worth it.

    Cons

    Get treated like a slave, if you’re a good worker you get used and lied to constantly, will always want you to do more work then you possibly can and not compensate you for it. You will get yelled at in front of customers none of the managers scare about that. They also make you fight for a .25$-.50$ raise that may not even get till like a month later

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  6. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 5 years

    Paid the bills

    Jan 14, 2015 - Kitchen Assistant Manager 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great gm pay good but worked you to death Good benefits for education Adequate insurance for managers, lousy for coworkers Enjoyed working with the staff (non management)

    Cons

    District manager was a jerk always money hungry Company as a whole only saw everyone as an expense DM was a tightwad when it came to giving raises. Took as many as 3 months to get a 25 cent raise. The upper management tried to undermine you when you tried to do the right thing ethically when disciplining a coworker. Made you do all their work while they tried to get the credit when it was good and when it was bad they blamed you TOO MUCH DRAMA EVEN IN MANAGEMENT was worse than 5 year olds fighting in a sand box

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  7. 5.0
    Former Employee, more than 10 years

    Good place to work! I just relocated.

    Dec 21, 2020 - General Manager in Orlando, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great pay and great bonus. Top quartile P&L performance restaurants get the best bonuses. Free Food! Owner allows and wants you to fix everything and have whatever tools you need to be successful! Many coworkers promoted from within to managers and GMs! 3 weeks vacation per year after 5 years. Very clean restaurants!

    Cons

    55 hours per week although it’s not bad. No 401k. Run low coworker labor.

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  8. 3.0
    Former Employee, less than 1 year

    Server=Janitor at the Corral

    Oct 12, 2013 - Server in Clermont, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    -Will work with you if you have another job/school -Coworkers are nice -No late nights/very early mornings -Some cool customers -it's a paycheck..hey

    Cons

    -Servers expected to clean bathrooms (Yes, even scrub puke off toilet seats) -Tons of cleaning/sidework -Gross working environment at times -Superstressed management takes it out on the workers for no reason

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  9. 2.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Serving at Golden Corral

    Jun 18, 2017 - Server in Shawnee, OK
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    There was good money to be made when I first started.

    Cons

    They recently changed the server sections, cutting the number of our tables down drastically and adding more work for each individual table; thus creating a more work, less money situation. Guests were displeased at how much longer it took to get drinks and silverware to the tables since it became the servers' job. Doing more work for each table did not encourage them to tip higher and gave us a big pay cut. Giving us a ticket with drinks in no particular order in relation to their seats made it incredibly difficult to know where each drink went and routinely caused mix-ups. These recent changes did not set the servers up for success. Also, the store I worked at was very unprofessional, with a lot of profane language and side conversations about the guests where they could hear. There was also quite a lot of sexual harassment among coworkers that the management was aware of but did not seem to care.

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  10. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Awesome place to work

    May 27, 2021 - Server/Waiter in Elyria, OH
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great boss n coworkers that became friends

    Cons

    Mean people for no reason

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  11. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Great

    Oct 12, 2020 - Server in Homestead, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Fun, nice staff and managers, great talking with regular customers, fairly easy job and great tips

    Cons

    Sometimes hectic when coworkers call out and you can’t keep up when it’s busy. Although management is funny and nice they’re a bit unorganized

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