food service worker

executive chef

sous chef

chef manager

lead cook

Flik Independent School Dining

A typical day involved everything from answering emails from corporate (providing reports on everything from budgeting to employee training to client satisfaction) as well as clients (with special dietary requests, event coordination and planning, and more) scheduling and encouraging employees at task of serving about a thousand client meals (and all tasks involved). I learned how to execute a lot of documentation and how to successfully manage human resource issues over the course of my time here. Management was professional, courteous and helpful. My employees were generally hard workers and conscientious in providing for our clients. The hardest part of the job at times was balancing employee needs with client needs. (scheduling, job descriptions, waning performance due to medical issues, etc.) The most enjoyable parts of the job were pleasing the clients, and meeting and maintaining relationships with the students and their families over the years, and being able to grow the program toward sustainability and highlighting locally sourced food products at a personal level.

My time with FLIK was wonderful because of the account I was associated with.  I loved the children, faculty and my coworkers.  I worked with the independent school dining sector.  They have high food and safety standards, but it was to an exhausting extent.  Logging temps of each individual food 6 times daily—logs for EVERYTHING and audits on those logs.  You almost need a specific person just for logging which is NOT realistic.  You used to have open creativity to try and develop your own recipes.  They now have a database where all recipes are pulled and if you want to try your own you must submit it to the company—therefore giving the company your recipes to make money off of.   Higher management held a meeting with hourlys and boasted about their trips to the Bahamas while most people there can barely make rent.  Absurd.

I've had overall a great time working with FLIK ISD. A typical day at work for the most part flows very smoothly. Working for a sector of Compass Group will generally put you in a place where you'll have everything that you need to be successful mapped out in front of you. I went into Compass as a line cook and was able to work my way up into a Chef Manager which is a combination position that takes on the roles of Executive Chef & General Manager. I learned how to be an effective and efficient Manager from the coaching and hands on training that my managers openly gave me. There are a lot of policies and handbook rules in place that made the relationship between me and my coworkers very manageable. Limitations of food creativity were the only part of the job that has been difficult for me. There were a number of things that I enjoyed about job, the relationships that I was allowed to build with the community, development as a manager, and the work to life balance that is offered could definitely be put to the front of that list.

At first, the management seemed to be "for the workers" when in reality, they are just like every other corporation. They only care about the workers as long as they come to work. They bury their heads in the sand and chill in the offices while their workers suffer from understaffing.

Head Chef talks badly about people when they call out and behind their backs 90% of the time. Head chef is stuck in his head with his menu designs, never adding the things the school is asking for, MANY TIMES. I've also never seen a head chef spend more time in an office "answering emails" vs working in the kitchen. Absolutely absurd. 

Every problem this workplace has starts from the managers. They push blame to the workers and then do absolutely NOTHING in terms of changing behaviors or even enforcing the rules they have made themselves.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Ther is no best part your manager for food service is garbage he's un trusty and will throw you under the buss to save himself not a good place to work at all even if your a female you have ther team men hitting on.and taken girls that live there out on dates and fooling around with them 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Your manager  he's not good people 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No one works together all drama and blaming and accusing one another of not going and doing their job appropriately always fighting 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
 ! It feels like the day could never come quicker to leave I did my job everyday and others positions  also and still was mistreated

Their business model is simple. hire a good manager, and give them the bare minimum of support and hope he/she gets the job done. Taking any time off is almost impossible as the job cannot function without you physically there. new initiatives and responsibilities are flooded into your inbox almost weekly. Corporate does very little for you , so most of the day to day functions are done by you, locally. you literally wear 6 to 7 hats and training is not a priority. Sink or swim mentality. When things do not go as planned, they have you as a scapegoat. you can easily work 80+ hours weekly. Corporate HR is a joke. They are simply there to protect their upper management.

You do meet some good people along the way, but few and far between at the upper level.

Its a good place to work. You dont have to work weekends unless you volunteer for an event for Flik which only happens on small occassions. The people are nice. The manager here in this location is great. Compass could do better with their benefits though. The deductable plan is for people with money. We dont get paid enough for these plans. They really should have more affordable healthcare plans for employees. They also need more appreciation days for employees as well. We work hard every day and should at least get some recognition of appreciation or something. Its a fun environment, but there are things they could work on.

I worked with a chef and a utility person on a daily bases.  I was responsible for slicing all cold cuts, creating a full salad bar and serving 9 classes lunch.  Helping where needed. The most enjoyable part of the job was interacting with the staff and children.  I learned how to solve difficult situations calmly and efficiently.  The most difficult part of the job was to make sure everything was ready for service, and done in a timely manner.  I worked as a team with my co-workers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Consistent raises annually at 75 cents also a sense of community within the job

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Policies change weekly not annually also their is a large problem with favoritism all throughout the company 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you are a frontline employee you do all the work on the floor and managing staff and everyone else above you mostly does admin work with barely any floor work

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It goes by fast bc of the sheer amount of people we see but there are quite a few challenges

What is the best part of working at the company?
Decent benefits , time off during holidays

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of professionalism in senior management a lot of drama and gossip

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Elites and very clicky if you are not in with a few of the upper management team you are on the outside looking in it is a shame

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always cutting back on labor so depends on the staffing for the day as what the role of a manager is lots of hands on

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Food service worker 36 salaries reported	$27.18 per hour
Executive chef 4 salaries reported	$89,227 per year
Sous chef 5 salaries reported	$61,752 per year
Chef manager 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year
Lead cook 1 salary reported	$23.50 per hour

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