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Worked here for a little under a year. They sell you on “family” and “cultivating kindness”. Management is always looking for ways to cut people’s hours in order to save money, they never lift a finger to help unless they really really have to. They never give anyone any titles but they expect people that are exceptional at their jobs to be held responsible when their poor management gets exposed. They once had a solid team here but after they brought in a new manager everything went downhill. Wrongful firings, horrible egos from the two managers, and overall an extremely stressed staff make this one of the fakest “cultivating kindness” places in all of Arkansas. The General Manager is way too concerned with people liking or disliking her, rather than being there to lead by example. In fact, do not think that your hard work will be seen, because they will find a way to minimize your hours while maximizing and adding more duty’s on already laborsome day. The Company will then gather around and point out that for the extra 3-4 dollars that they pay you that you should be able to do the job in the allotted times. They are a narcissistic company that has people believing in “family” and “cultivating kindness” for just a short time and it is a reflection of the high turnover in the past few months. They are opening up another store in Fayetteville this coming year and that will have been 4 locations in the NwA region in the course of 2 years. There is an obvious agenda they have which is Money. The management is willing to sacrifices their employees to meet their higher ups expectations. If you decide you want to be part of health insurance that they promise you, think again. They will either cut your hours so that you can’t maintain full time status or they will fire you for the most petty reasons they can think of. They are seriously a very horrible company to work for and after certain excellent employees were wrongfully terminated after giving this company their all, I can with full confidence tell you not to even try working for this place. This location in particular has lost in the course of half a year at least 10 employees, and they are running this place into the ground, which is well deserved. 

In a topical day as a server you have a daily duty ex(pulling out mini fridge and scrubbing the floor), running side work ex (fill ice in 3 stations throughout day), closing side work ex(break down coffee and tea station; standard: clean and set up tables you had that day, polish 10-15 boxes of silverware) and a closing duty ex(mop section). 
Sections on the weekend are only 3 tables. During the week you can have 4-6 tables in section but they usually don’t fill up and they have too many servers and keep everyone on most of the day so it’s hard to make good money. If you open at 6am you most likely leave after the restaurant closes at 2:30 even when it’s slow. 
Management isn’t very supportive. You’re usually on your own and have to ask for basic things. 
Usually a host and busser is scheduled late so you have to greet, sit and bus your tables on top of running your food and your normal serving of the tables. 
Some days you may not get a host or busser. 
The turnover is extremely high. I know in restaurant business is common but I’ve never seen it this high and I’ve served for 20 years. 
In the 14 months that I worked there, there has also been a high turnover rate of managers. 
As a bartender you have a lot more work but get paid a little more. 

Worked here for 6 months. Paid below my experience level and put as Budtender the whole time knowing I was pursuing higher. Worked outside for hours straight on days above 85°F. Highly favored some employees and disliked some employees at their personal choice. Opportunities were Nepotism-like. Managers mistreated employees constantly by negligence of toxic work environment, inconsideration of employee well-being in extreme weathers and long hours, management set unprofessional standards upon employees. Solved problems as they went with no proper/planned procedures which created problems. Broke laws when it came to State Regulations on Marijuana such as test manipulation, mislabeling of products, mishandling of products, work places in poor health standards. Inadequate security, sometimes not present on site for hours. Harassment towards employees from Customers/Patients/managment was never treated or handled properly. 

This is an easy enough job if you're looking to get your foot in the door, and a decent minimum wage, unless you want to actually afford to live in the area. They also have good politics as far as respecting LGBTQ folks and supporting minorities. The food is the best part. You will eat well. 

There needs to be less stringent policy with employee meals. The industry is carried on our backs, we should never have to pay. We and our families should never go hungry, especially when you consider the amount of waste. There also needs to be a system of compensation based on how well individual stores bring in income. It's frustrating when we are told our store earned twice as much as expected, and there is little change for employees. Every employee should expect a dollar an hour raise for every milestone met. It's not fair for employees at locations with higher foot traffic to be compensated the same as those in less busy areas. 

There also needs to be a union for employees and encouragement to join the union. If management feels they're doing a stellar job, they shouldn't be threatened by negotiating with union reps. 

Very apparent that Homegrown’s focus is solely on making money and not cultivating kindness to its own employees. In my three years working for homegrown, management has only declined. As they continually open new stores in close by towns, the culture at one location declines significantly. Very poor communication by the managers, consistently. They do not communicate with each other or their employees. It has led to many complications with scheduling, including people being wrongly fired. A lot of salaried people making decisions for hourly wages people, while never stepping foot in the building. Many people have been screwed over with this company, including me. My opinion changed drastically throughout my time working here, as I used to love working for the restaurant. But it is very obvious that the employees are viewed solely as a number, and homegrown wants to make money. Unfortunate, but there are much better companies that stick to their values. 

. The pay was just ok unless you got the better sections on Saturday and Sunday . The sections were uneven and not many servers got the chance to have them . Very very cliquey and the management turnover is constant .  I believed at first they truly cared about their kind is cool / cultivating kindness but that glamour quickly faded.  The managers don’t seem to know what it’s like to be a server so there is a disconnect. They will arbitrarily change your schedule with no notice. They overstaff and are not good about cutting the floor when it’s slow . So much favoritism and fake people . There were a few awesome co workers though .  

I was really excited to work at Homegrown and thought i would really enjoy it there. As someone who worked as a busser the work was bound to be hard. I would be dead tired every time i got off of work, 8 hr + shift with no breaks. (Early morning shifts to closing)  I never felt like I was appreciated for the hard work i was doing. Favoritism and drama was something I dealt with everyday. most employees were very nice but I felt pushed around while I was there. The  pay was good though, I received large tips with minimum wage pay. In all, not the supportive work environment I was looking for. 

There's a few things anybody who is applying here should know the pay is not $14-$17, base pay is $11.50 and tips are shared between FOH and BOH. 

The company would much rather have you push through and produce orders for their high paying clients than give you a lunch or break. 

If you have any complaints and concerns you can expect little to no changes, due to the fact that upper management does not hold themselves and other employees accountable. 

As company culture, this company has strayed far away from it's original concept, and most items are actually coming in plastic bags and cans, not really "sustainable".

It was a good working environment and I loved the people there. The only thing that I would change is we didn’t have air conditioning and the air quality was very poor. I was sometimes working in 92° weather. The air quality was bad because of the oven we used to cook the sandwiches. The people in charge of the company didn’t care and the union is STILL fighting to get air conditioning and good air quality in the stores. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Server 125 salaries reported	$26.62 per hour
Host/hostess 115 salaries reported	$15.14 per hour
Line cook 158 salaries reported	$17.42 per hour
Busser 105 salaries reported	$15.41 per hour
Dishwasher 91 salaries reported	$15.76 per hour

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