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    Noodles & Company Reviews

    Updated December 12, 2018
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    Noodles & Company Chief Executive Officer Dave Boennighausen
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    Pros

    • "Nice discount on food during lunch" (in 29 reviews)

    • "Fresh ingredients, fast paced, friendly" (in 52 reviews)

    Cons

    • "no support from upper management with extreme staffing issues" (in 32 reviews)

    • "Work-life balance definitely isn’t important to this company" (in 14 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Stands behind values"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Area Manager in Milwaukee, WI
      Current Employee - Area Manager in Milwaukee, WI
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Noodles & Company full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      -cares personally and professionally for each TM on up
      -develops from with in
      -strategically plans goals and ways to execute in our businesses
      -competitive pay and bonus structure
      -work/life balance
      -healthy fresh food
      -gives back to the communities we serve

      Cons

      -finding driven people that fit our fast pace environment

      Advice to Management

      Planning and time management are the keys to success

    2. "Noodles"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Good pay, good people, good values

      Cons

      Fairly new, still expanding, confusing

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    3. "Great first job!"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Shift Manager
      Current Employee - Shift Manager
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Noodles & Company part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Constantly improving, Fast Paced, Great Team

      Cons

      Pay isn't that great, especially for long-term employees with minimum wages constantly going up.

    4. "Okay starter job"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Noodles & Company part-time

      Pros

      Free food when managers aren't looking

      Cons

      Horrible pay and too much work

    5. "Good place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Noodles & Company part-time

      Pros

      Noodles and Company is a great place to work overall. They offer good benefits with competitive pay. Everything is kept clean, tidy, and organized, ensuring a smooth running operation.

      Cons

      Can be high stress at times

    6. "Use to be good"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Noodles & Company part-time

      Pros

      - Flexible Hours
      - Laid back work environment

      Cons

      - Hires anyone, not caring about personality traits

      Advice to Management

      - Be more strict with employees

    7. "Had it's pros and cons"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Team Member in Golden, CO
      Current Employee - Team Member in Golden, CO
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Noodles & Company (More than a year)

      Pros

      flexible schedule decent pay easy to learn

      Cons

      poor management iffy employees no breaks

    8. "Shift Supervisor"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Broomfield, CO
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Broomfield, CO

      I have been working at Noodles & Company full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      management was easy to work with scheduling

      Cons

      pay was too low for the job

    9. "Good people, questionable management"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Ambassador
      Former Employee - Ambassador
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Noodles & Company part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      At our store in OH, the rest of the team members as well as the shift managers were terrific and understanding. Customers are typically pretty cool; we had quite a few regulars with whom we were all able to build relationships and rarely did we ever have anyone who would get extremely upset with us. Overall, it was a pretty good job, although the main reason why I stayed there for as long as I did was because I had become friends with my coworkers, so maybe it would have been different if I hadn’t established so many strong relationships there.

      Cons

      Our manager left and moved out of state with no notice, and it became a bit of a train wreck after that. Plus, hiring managers kept hiring poor workers who should not have even made it past the first interview, which really brought team morale down. Also, I worked there for over a year (July 2017-October 2018) and only got one pay raise of 18¢ the whole time I was there, despite having been there for longer than any team member, almost always picking up shifts if they were short, or staying longer than I was supposed to. That was extremely disheartening.

      Advice to Management

      It would be really nice if management would show that they care about us, or at least try to. There were very little appreciation efforts, and the few instances were extreme cases of favoritism based off of who management was “friends” with at the time.

    10. "Best first job ever"

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      Former Employee - Server in Naperville, IL
      Former Employee - Server in Naperville, IL

      I worked at Noodles & Company part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great management and great people to work with.

      Cons

      Like any restaurant job you get a bad customer hear and there.