senior mechanical engineer

product tester

technical project manager

ux/ui developer

technical lead

Chefman

Initially filled with excitement, my enthusiasm quickly dissipated as numerous red flags emerged. During my time at the company, I felt relentlessly taken advantage of and overworked. Tasks were piled on every week, often without proper guidance or clarity, making prioritization impossible. Every email received instilled dread, as it either assigned blame or added to an already overwhelming workload.

My repeated pleas for additional resources and assistance fell on deaf ears, leaving me to conclude that my expertise was merely used for the company's gain. The treatment of laid-off colleagues and the company's propensity to view employees as expendable further tainted my experience. Despite my qualifications, I was underpaid, and the job descriptions proved to be misleading. Certain departments harbored very condescending individuals, and meetings were counterproductive, with little regard for frontline employees' insights to improve things so that my productive time could stop being wasted. The company's deference to rude and abusive customers, coupled with constant inventory shortages, created a toxic environment where customer whims dictated company policy. CHEFMAN rewards bad behavior which has in turn, created clients who act extremely entitled and are pretty much uncooperative.
It wasn't until I reached a breaking point and resigned that any acknowledgment or offer of assistance was extended. My departure was a direct result of the mentally draining conditions and pervasive disregard for employee well-being. 
I implore the company to reevaluate its treatment of employees and prioritize a culture of respect and support to prevent further employee churn and discontent among its workforce.


What is the best part of working at the company?
The people I worked with at Chefman were wonderful. I've made life long friend their.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
From 2022 to 2023 when I worked there, we had almost a running joke based on who was going to get laid off Friday because this was a regular occurance. Then one Monday night we got an email at 11pm. Individually 20 of us got laid off at once, we should have seen it coming but it still sucked.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is a lot to be learned, the coworkers are great but in recent months they've removed the remote opportunities cracked down on our lunch minutes (30) and generally been less understanding of peoples lives outside work. I was driving 100 miles a day for for and requested to work from home on days where my car needed repair. When I was hired the verbal agreement was I could work from home 2 days a week. Toward the end I got push back for trying to work from home just while my brakes were being replaced or I had a doctors appointment which ammounted to less that 8 days in a year and a half.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Putting out fires, working on engineering design, reverse engineering competitors products, testing our prototypes, and documenting every step of the way.

This is definitely not the place that you would like to start your career at. Since you would never learn any technical skills from this place and at the same time there are no senior engineers to learn from.  Management is way far from realistic goals with available resources.

ZERO people skills, owners treat you as just a number and openly tell you that they will find another person and cheaper.  Oh they have great product(s) for sure..... Its just the NY management personell is just terriible

This is the most unprofessional company do not be fooled by their lies. The management team have no direction. Many people left due to their action and not to mention their product suck they marketing is horrible. 

Poor management and lack of direction. It is a revolving door of people. Most of the good reviews that appear on Indeed have been written by Chefman management team. Don't be fooled.

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