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    Pret A Manger Reviews

    Updated August 16, 2018
    405 reviews

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    Pret A Manger Chief Executive Clive Schlee
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    215 Ratings

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    Pros

    • "Free food allowance and unlimited hot drinks whilst on shift" (in 70 reviews)

    • "there's benefits as mystery shopper bonus training provided" (in 19 reviews)

    Cons

    • "If you work in Pret you have to know how to deal with a lot of pressure" (in 14 reviews)

    • "I'm often on shifts where team members are talking to each other in front of me in polish" (in 23 reviews)

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    1. "REVIEW"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends

      Pros

      They were very linient and i felt that the company needs more guidelines for workers

      Cons

      Bad management with some of the people i worked with .

    2. "Great Company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Pret A Manger full-time

      Pros

      Great company, delicious food and good environment

      Cons

      Lack of leadership and can bee disorganized at times

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    3. "6months in"

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      Current Employee - Team Member Star
      Current Employee - Team Member Star
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Pret A Manger full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Free food during meals. Free coffee all day. No need to wash uniform since they got a service that does it. Weekly pay. 401K and insurance for full timers. Pret party i guess.

      Cons

      Unreliable hours. Minimum wage. No Holiday pay at all, just 8 hours of PTO AFTER 6 MONTHS. No actual training, everyone is as lost as a recent hire. FAVOURITISM leading to lazy employees getting all the hours and good shifts. Night/closing crews hours suck, they have to do every thing morning people dont do and get on trouble if something is missed. Meanwhile morning people do the bare minimum and get praised and bonuses for secret/mystery shopper.

      When the Irish interns come for two months, they get 40 hours. While actual employees get their hours cut for two months.

      Pret parties are an excuse to get drunk on the companies dime while pretending that stores arent a dirty mess.

      Advice to Management

      Hold your managers responsible and actually do health checks in shops because my shop has had cockroaches and ceiling leaks and busted ACs and no help from upper management at all.

      Fired people, dont let your actual hard working employees quit, for NCNS and repeated offenses.

      Hold thiefs accountable! Many of my coworkers take food home without wasting it outside of what os is permitted like juices and fruits. Or take multiple meals home after already having their lunch meal.

      Promote the ones that work hard and have experience, not just the ones that are friends with upper management.

      PORTION CONTROL in th kitchen. There are no standards upheld. Everyone just does what they want in the kitchen. And take complaints seriously!

    4. "N/A"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Pret A Manger part-time

      Pros

      Great team Work Overall to work

      Cons

      Nothing Bad It’s A Cool Job

    5. "Restaurant crew"

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      Current Employee - Massachusetts in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Massachusetts in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pret A Manger full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It's a good place clean
      Serving good food and having a great team. The customer first before anything else

      Cons

      Like every company it has hus bad side like hours on winter are not full. We going home early and by the end of the week without enough of miney for the bills

      Advice to Management

      Listen and speak with employees because it's one of the key ti have a great team

    6. "Barista"

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      Former Employee - Cashier/Barista in New York, NY
      Former Employee - Cashier/Barista in New York, NY
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Pret A Manger part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Nothing but aggravation and a discriminating HR

      Cons

      no benefits for part timers , no free meals for parttimers , overworking there employees . partimers arent accepted in the union which is bad

      Advice to Management

      fire the HR staff you have now and replace them with more educating indiviuals and ones that dont discriminate

    7. "Great experience."

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pret A Manger full-time

      Pros

      Working at Pret was an enjoyable opportunity to work in a fast paced environment and interact with a large number or customers and coworkers.

      Cons

      A lot of unnecessary pressure is placed on employees to meet rigid and sometimes excessive standards. Sometimes scheduling issues.

      Advice to Management

      I would advise that less stress is placed on the team members of the shop as well as those in Key Roles.

    8. "Great work place to grow"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Pret A Manger full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Lots of room for advancement for positive, hardworking people; straightforward operations, lots of support from the top

      Cons

      Many operational changes that result in negative customer feedback; environment of competition of who works the hardest, not necessarily the smartest.

    9. "General Manager"

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      Former Employee - General Manager in New York, NY
      Former Employee - General Manager in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pret A Manger full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Like to promote from within.
      Great training and development programs.
      Great bonuses based on performance.
      Great Happy hours and social events.

      Cons

      Sometimes working extra long hours and extra days in the week. Not a good work life balance.

    10. "Hot Chef"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Pret A Manger full-time

      Pros

      Great leadership, fast but friendly environment, great food

      Cons

      Promotion process needs work for those who are clearly excelling

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