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Ardens Garden

They did a great job helping the residents of Atlanta maintain a healthy lifestyle. They offered raw desserts, fresh juices and smoothies. While I was there, they went from a few stores, to about 10 and selling in most Atlanta grocery stores. They educated their customers on healing through nutrition.

You ran the store with one or two people. So a person either opened at 6am or closed at 9pm. While you were on the shift, you did everything. Stock the merchandise, make the smoothies and wheatgrass, and ring the register. The hardest part of the job was juggling all the tasks and not making the customers have to wait.

The most rewarding part was getting to know the customers and crafting an experience for them to attain higher levels of health.

There was little workplace culture since you worked alone. Management was distant.

Arden's Garden was good at educating their employees. I still know tons about healing from cancer, juicing, an optimal human diet, and how to help people progress in their nutritional walk.

I worked as a lead barista at Arden's Garden for 3 years. It had a great employee and customer culture focused on health and wellness. I really became a part of the company and got close with coworkers. As an employee, I loved the half off smoothie discount, and I truly believed in the food products I was serving because they benefited peoples' health goals. 

Nonetheless, I was often called in randomly to pick up shifts at other stores on my days off. Management often struggled and there was a lot of turnover among new employees. Pay was fair, depended on which store you worked at to determine how well your tips would be. I often had to pull slack from new employees, and not all could be trusted with the money till. I would recommend it as a great college job or as a post college managerial position.

My typical day was anything but typical as it always changed. My entire day depended on what was coming in, what needed to be cleaned, and who needed help. My immediate supervisor was amazing, instead of placing blame straight off she would try to find the root of the problem(whether it be myself or not). While I had my own responsibilities in my area, I was also responsible for helping out the other departments that i had previously worked in or that were short staffed. The hardest part about this position was the constant shift in my sleep schedule in the beginning and the constant shift in the workload. I thoroughly enjoyed being active and the people I worked around.

This job is the worst position I have ever held. I just needed a job that was close to home. Their equipment was never cleaned properly. Employees don't follow proper safety protocol. Management is inappropriate at times. The owners of the company don't care about their employees. I was treated unprofessionally because of my coherency. They gave me a promotion and a pay raise. After working a month at the new location which was further away from home, I received a pay check with out my promotion. I brought it to their attention and I was fired in two days. The owners of the company new of the situation and couldn't care less. I was fired for speaking up. 

When I started working there. I had no help being the general manager. All of the old employees left, so I was forced to work in my store by myself 10 hour shifts with no help for the 1st month until I could hire people. I saw the district manager 2x in 3 months. The only time I would hear from upper management when it was something wrong & they would blame everything on me. The company loses so many employees & managers because they don’t care for the people it’s all about profit. I was never trained on any of the manager duties but would be ridicude for stuff I didn’t know how to do. They pay pennies compared to other jobs & they don’t care about the people who work there. You’re just a body in a store.  

This job has drained the personality out of me. I had it in my head that they wanted us to be ourselves and they wanted us to be unique. That is not the case. The managers here are wonderful, it’s their managers, the corporate level employees that seem like they have no idea how to run a business.
Being able to take time off is virtually impossible because they are struggling so bad to even keep people on teams. I really truly wish them the best, but it just seems like they could care less about whether they their employees are succeeding or struggling.

You get 50% off juice/smoothies and 20% off snacks (protein bars, salads, etc.). Management is super nice and encouraging. There are opportunities to advance. They actually care about hiring people who are in line with the company values which is great. Employees are almost all really nice and get along well. Scheduling could be a bit better but it's doable to get your shift taken if you need to or to pick up one. In addition to fair wages you get tips.

The team at my store was pretty great, awesome manager. A couple of regular staff members and a few highschoolers to fill in the weekend and evening shifts. The job is a mix of serving, making smoothies, prepping the store, washing dishes, and (especially evening shifts) cleaning. Can get a little hectic if it's really busy. The company itself is alright, benefits suck/don't exist for part-timers (apart from the not bad 50% staff  discount), they get a bit too pseudo-sciencey with their nutrition claims.

I LOVE working for Arden’s. I’m chronically ill and they’ve been nothing but understanding which motivates me that much more when I’m healthy. They care about their employees just as much as the customers. The atmosphere is energetic and happy. Good customer base, I love my regulars. I’ve learned so much about juicing and the health benefits which has in turn helped me with my illnesses  Pay could be a tiny bit better but I still wouldn’t want to be anywhere else right now, I’d rather be happy at a job

The job itself is really easy and can be really enjoyable. The location you’re employed is what will determine whether you’ll be able to keep the job. Higher management at certain locations like to critique, criticize, and micromanage smoothie baristas and they expect people to change who their personality for the sake of keeping their job. If you don’t make the changes they want after a day, you’re at risk for being fired without reason. 

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Gardener 4 salaries reported	$12.00 per hour

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