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What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working with this company is the  pay and benefits you get not to mention quality company shirts. The quality of food and creations as well. Seasonal baked goods from the headquarters are amazing you can get cookies to pastries and let's not for get my favorite vanilla matcha with oat milk and the lemonades.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of working at this company is when your different and gifted and don't fit in. Management is up and down so right and wrongs may be unbalanced with certain co workers. Titles are important to some and the younger kids lack of work ethics and respect.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
On good days I enjoyed working there with certain people and management. Bad days let's just say I came to work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day was to ensure setups and fresh ingredients for the day. Ensure product was available to sell and communicate with the front of the house. As a cook not only did I cook, I helped out where needed such as bringing dirty dishes down for dishwasher, helped with dishes if short handed.

The job itself was not difficult, if management ensured that people worked as a team I would have been happier. During my interview I was told I had an opportunity for progression in the company and then was given nothing but extra responsibility and no compensation or promotions, I felt like there was no reward for coming to work. I touched base a few times and was given empty promises. I know other people who were in the same boat. Management is very clique-y and only promotes within themselves.  (example- hiring their friends and immediately making them supervisors or just hiring their friends and not looking at other applications.) You have to be a certain type of person to be able to work there and the culture isn’t for everyone. Definitely something for a short term job or if you don’t want to take your job seriously. 

Working at Waters is life-changing my life improved immediately after eating the organic food and being in the positive environment the people there seem to have a happy glow in their smile and a genuine sense of joy and their demeanor which is naturally contagious I love the guest and the staff who are all aesthetically attractive and internally attractive and I love being around such a large group so beautiful people each week I feel so blessed to be a part of this company although I can only work there one or two days a week now that I've moved I still have had very high regard for that

I loved my time with Atwater's Belvedere, I got to incorporate my love for food and great customer service with a great staff and management team. I made delicious, premium product and worked as a team to assure quality and speed of service. My co-workers were awesome, diverse and enlightening. The manager, although sometimes stern, cared a lot and it shows in how smoothly things ran most of the time. As with most face paced businesses, frustrations from management trickled down to everyone involved in the operation, and sometimes people were talked down to unnecessarily, and hours were not plentiful for all. In all, it's a rewarding experience with rich and diverse culture, great food, and loving personalities.

I enjoyed the customer interactions and friendly coworkers but, the work enviroment was unprofessional and managment became a bit hostile when overwhelmed or confronted. 
There's a history of favoritism making it hard to advance based on skills and productivity and the "non favorites" take on majority of the dirty work. 
Managment also got defensive when confronted with issues experienced in the work place. 
What kept me were the customers and hours which were reduced when i never requested for them to be...

Servers paid above the average base pay typical for the industry.
Time off pretty easy to get.
Extra shifts easy to get
No clear path to advancement
The team work environment is very rewarding and pooling tips creates a level playing field but there are a few (a very few) who get away with less work. Customers are very appreciative of the food and have come to rely on it and enjoy lots of different personalities taking care of them


Ned Atwater's has created a fantastic work environment among his 6 restaurants. He is very in tune to his employees and is receptive to any and all feedback. He has set an incredible example of how a business can be run at a larger scale, while still staying true to his original values.

Atwater's Kenilworth was a face paced environment but also a very small store physically. It was a learning experience to see the amount of sales that can be produced in such a small space. I learned a lot about making the best of what you have and embracing it, even if it's not much!

It's a very demanding production kitchen that makes quality products.  The benefits are great,  but the pay leaves something to be desired. There is a very diverse staff, which is incredible to be a part of, but the kitchen manager is often unnecessarily short tempered.

If this job paid more, I'd never leave. I love the people I work with and the culture is great. It can be hectic, but it's never a bother.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Barista 15 salaries reported	$16.63 per hour
Line cook 6 salaries reported	$17.25 per hour
Server 8 salaries reported	$18.56 per hour
Farmer 5 salaries reported	$19.15 per hour
Baker 4 salaries reported	$21.50 per hour

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