barista

dishwasher

general manager

bartender

kitchen manager

Pressed Cafe

Pressed Cafe was a unpleasant place to work. The typical day is a grind from start to finish and you can expect to work significant amounts of overtime with no appreciation. Some salaried employees work 60-70 hours and they have to be available all hours of the morning and night; and I mean 4 am to 11 pm phone calls. I was once texted at 7 am on a Saturday for an unimportant matter that could have easily been resolved on Monday. I shut that down quickly. There is zero appreciation for hard work and long hours, it is simply expected. Likewise, do not ever expect an early day in the summer or before a holiday, it will not happen. The only holidays offered before I got there were Christmas and Thanksgiving, I did not accept this and convinced them at least to provide the big 6, the least I have ever had. 

While my title was Director of Finance, I was essentially a gloried bookkeeper. They refuse to hire enough help to get the job done properly and I spent all my time just keeping up with the daily data entry.The software is overwhelmed and needs an upgrade, likewise my computer was under powered even for a home computer. I was promised a good laptop in my interview and the ability to work remotely occasionally for bad weather or a sick child, it never happened. I was lied to about a computer being ordered several times; I was even given delivery dates that came and went, no computer ever came.

At the time of my offer I was requested to take a 75% pay cut from what was discussed in the interview for 90 days, I thought it was cheap, but I needed a job so I took it. I regret that decision even to this day. That alone says a lot about the people you are working for, they are cheap. I wasn't even allowed to buy a scanner for my assistant in order for her to begin some necessary digitizing. 

Pressed cafe has one of the worst cultures I have worked in. They will take you for everything you are worth and more. I truly feel bad for some of the people that wok there. I swear they are brainwashed and live in fear of messing up and losing their jobs. 

The hardest part about the job was keeping my mouth shut and trying not to tell the owners how ridiculous and unpleasant they were. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was a couple of my coworkers and leaving everyday.

I never encountered an employee with pleasant things to say about the company or the culture in my employment there. It is a unpleasant place to work and I wished I had paid attention to the other reviews before I accepted the position. The one good recent review is actually from an employee at the corporate office trying to make it all look better than it is. They are rude, they are mean, they don't care about you or your family and they will milk you dry. Do not work here! Stay Away!

Working at Pressed Cafe has been an incredibly positive and rewarding experience. From day one, the management stood out as kind, approachable, and truly invested in the well-being and success of their team. They go above and beyond to ensure you feel supported, whether it's providing clear instructions, offering constructive feedback, or simply checking in to make sure you're doing okay.

The work environment here is energetic and collaborative, making every shift engaging and fun. My coworkers are not just colleagues but teammates who are always ready to lend a hand during busy hours or share a laugh during downtime. There's a real sense of camaraderie and mutual respect, which makes even the busiest shifts manageable and enjoyable.

One of the highlights of working at Pressed Cafe is the hands-on learning experience. The fast-paced nature of the job challenges you to multitask, prioritize, and stay organized, all while maintaining excellent customer service. Management is always there to provide guidance when needed, so you never feel overwhelmed. Plus, they genuinely celebrate your growth and accomplishments, which motivates you to keep improving.

What also stands out is the culture of positivity and inclusivity. Management fosters an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued, which trickles down to every level of the team. It's clear that they care about creating a workplace where people are happy to come in every day.

If you’re looking for a quick-service restaurant job that combines professional development with a fun and supportive atmosphere, Pressed Cafe is a fantastic choice. Whether it’s your first job or you're looking to gain more experience in a fast-paced setting, this is the place to be. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to be part of such a wonderful team!

This place pays well enough. Full time gets you decent health insurance. The top management roll pays incredibly well but has very high turnover so year to year you'll have 1-2 of them. They are constantly getting used to an impossible roll and the owners will treat them badly if they are not a man. The owners post mean reviews around the store about quality control. They are constantly visiting their stores and giving unhelpful advice for how to run the store even though they aren't around enough to tell what will be helpful. All they care about are profits. They will put pressure on their managers to cut hours and penalize workers for calling out regardless of family emergency or illness (unless there is documented proof of a death or hospital visit). If you don't limit yourself you get overworked. Overall, great place to burn out. 

Often former employees will be hired back because they know all the training. Management tries to train every employee on every roll so they can be switched around like interchangeable parts. For example, as a barista I was switched constantly from running food, cashiering, barista, front food exposition, smoothies, drive through (window bar and food exposition), and outside order taking.

In the winter I mostly took orders outside. My fingers froze, but the profits stayed up.

I was assigned to watch someone else open the smoothie station once. The next day I was asked to open it by myself. It involved cleaning machines that had electrocution warnings no one warned me about, making smoothies from scratch that were ordered while I was cleaning, and preparing to-go containers for the day. By myself, starting at 4:30am. So if something like that sounds fun, join the pressed cafe family.

Stay safe y'all.

For the pay and benefits you receive, it is not worth it to work at Pressed. The position itself I enjoyed for the most part, but it was the pressure of being on-call 5a-10am 7 days a week and everything else noted that lead to my departure. 
The office felt disorganized and it was difficult getting answers to anything. Working on projects became stressful, because of this. What I was promised when I was hired and during my reviews as far as growth within the company, was not going to happen. We couldn't keep people in the office long enough. Even then, my skills were not utilized to their full abilities. I was often second guessed or reminded frequently how to do parts of the job that I had already been doing for over a year. Once I realized they were looking for someone with a similar skill set and willing to give them 2-3 times the pay, I understood that they do not care about their people.
The lack of quality control and concern for guests allergies, was awful. I had to stop eating there the first few months, because I realized that they don't handle allergies properly at all. I have celiac and I kept getting very sick, then found out they don't even change gloves or utensils for people who have severe allergies. I've worked in kitchens for many years, this was insane to see, among other things. 
There are really good people that work here and work hard, but that is the only benefit I can give. Oh and the employee handbook is rubbish. It says we are allotted 7 days of paid time off, but you only get 5. Never fought them on that, because it wasn't worth the energy.

As a long time barista, I feel the need to warn any considering applying there. Even with a great deal of experience under my belt, Pressed Cafe is an extremely unpleasant, and thankless workplace. While I had personally managed to hang on for a while, I have to say that I did so at great cost to my mental health, and to a much lesser extent, my physical health (wrist injuries from overuse and heavy lifting). The baristas are nearly always understaffed, on top of being shouldered with several tasks which frequently distracted from their usual work. If they failed to complete any of their tasks, they were given grief for it the day after. Their closing routines were extremely time consuming and VERY involved when compared to other coffee shops, or cafe's. Most days left myself, and my co-workers fatigued, and the maximum 30 minute unpaid breaks didn't help. 

The silver lining in all of this are the managers, who at least at the Boston location, were top notch. I managed to receive good feedback from them most of the time, and they were truly the reason I held on as long as I did.  This being said, higher management were difficult to deal with, and would give long roundabout answers to simple questions. Their interaction with employees felt very unsatisfactory, and sterile. 

I simply can't recommend this place to any self respecting barista. It's tiresome, thankless, and did nothing to further myself, or my career. I can not emphasize enough, save yourself the time, and energy and ignore their adds. 

Management is the worst i have ever had to deal with, from not helping anywhere when we are busy, to verbally abusing employees. There is a lot of drama going on even with the managers. Although I left, a friend of mine has told me that one manager is trying to get the other fired. The benefits are quite limited. They used to have a card that they loaded all tips onto to pay for employee lunches, which was quite generous. I later found out this no longer exists and they cannot receive tips. You can choose and 15 onclock break or a 30 minute offclock break, but expect to be thrown a lot of shade if you god forbid take a 30. I worked there about a year, and the last 6 months or so I was only outside taking orders. Every single day, until the end of my shift. Even when we had 1 or 2 cars, management would yell because I didn’t take the order. If it’s one car, you need to do your job and not sit and talk while I take all of your orders. If you call out, you will get guilt tripped and they will do their hardest to make you feel bad. I have seen multiple cases where people come in as they are sick because they couldn’t afford to not show up. Management does not care about their employees, all the food isn’t fresh like they say, and it was just an all around bad experience I hope to never had to repeat again. Pressed Cafe feels like a bad ex you never want to see again.

I worked at Pressed a few months ago. It is a minimum wage job, of course you are going to be exhausted, overworked, and frequently taken advantage of. Honestly only 2 or 3 managers there are actually nice. If you work or have worked at this location, immediately you will know who. A lot of people that work there that are not either high school students or college kids (Context: I'm about to finish high school),  expect respect, despite treating you like you are stupid, useless, or bad at your job (when in reality they frequently make more mistakes). The job itself is not that bad at all really, it is the staff that makes it unbearable at times. Your coworkers will be mean to your face and belittle you to make themselves feel better. They make note of this too, even emphasizing that they are an adult and deserve your respect. Again, it sucks because the job is not even bad. The customers are almost always very nice and it's a good job to work. It is the environment and co workers that make it really bad. If you wanna work here, I'd highly suggest finding somewhere else honestly. Any restaurant or local cafe or business would be better. These people are money hungry and thinking they're going to be promoted to manager, when sadly the reality is they are 40 years old putting all this time into a company that couldn't care less. Look elsewhere for a job, better ones out there especially if you're a young person. 

The management is terrible and they do not treat you right. It’s ironic how the more they like you and they more you do more them the harder they are on you and treat you worse. 

Management acts like it’s all on us to do everything and put so much stress on each person but especially the people who take on more when they don’t want to do it. They micromanage the wrong things and get mad and blame anything on us even if it’s not our fault. They do not protect their employees even if something unjust is brought to their attention. 

If asked for a raise and they say yes they will put it off for months just so they don’t have to pay more. 

The kitchen is a mess and they do not treat allergies or basic health codes correctly and it’s frustrating to see.

 If you bring up anything to the managers that you feel is wrong they will twist it to somehow you’re doing something wrong.

They make you work long hours, call you in on your days off (if you say no, they make you feel guilty), and do not respect your schedules. They blame us for how terrible they make the schedule, frequently causing the shift to be short staffed then get mad when people don’t come in when not scheduled to fix their mistake.

They frequently fire managers who’s actually care about us because they don’t fit their view of what a manager should be. 

The only pro of this job is some of the employees are amazing but it is not worth everything you have to deal with.



The job started very straightforward & fun but it quickly became clear that they do not care about their evening crew and they were very misleading when the jobs get advertised as "plus tip". Managers either disappear and get other people to do their closing tasks while the one person on smoothies and the one person on bar get stuck cleaning and closing their entire stations on their own. The only people who actually get tipped at the cafe are the cashiers, who usually just stand around and chat while everyone else is breaking down the stations for the night. The only actual tips come from catering orders and the tips are split amongst the entire crew, as you can imagine, it wasn't something you could consistently count on.
The night crew usually (mostly) consists of minors who get taken advantage of, don't get their breaks, and get a lot of unnecessary flack from managers who are either absent, predatory, or two-faced. 
No matter who or where you went to with your concerns, they were never addressed. You're just as expendable as the next guy and if you raised too many concerns, they'll start looking for reasons to get rid of you. You, as an individual, will never be valued.

Pressed Cafe is a fast paced and lively place to work. We do our best to make every guest happy and put out food that is not only fresh and healthier but also very FAST. This is what people want and need and we provide it better than our competitors. The management team works very hard and cares deeply about their people and what we do. I would be lying if I said it wasn't stressful sometimes. It is. But when you look back at what we accomplish on a daily and weekly basis it is incredible. Most of our management has been promoted from within. They used to be dishwashers and cashiers and they still work alongside them as a team. The owners (husband and wife team) are the hardest working people I have every met. They value hard work and family above everything else and will always allow you to put family first. For management open availability is necessary as with most places but for team members they have the opportunity to choose their availability when they are first hired. We take everyone from 10 hours a week to 40+.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Barista 19 salaries reported	$17.68 per hour
Dishwasher 1 salary reported	$16.50 per hour
General manager 18 salaries reported	$86,111 per year
Bartender 1 salary reported	$13.50 per hour
Kitchen manager 14 salaries reported	$60,000 per year

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