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I worked at Salata for a while. When I first started there, the thing I noticed immediately was how clean and organized the restaurant was. Everything had its own spot and employees all worked together to maintain the restaurant. After a while the cleanliness and work ethic started to decline. They do attempt to redeem themselves though. There’s a fairly high manager turnover rate as well. But I will say the general managers I did have were very understanding. They understood if you weren’t feeling well. They understood if you were frustrated with the shift. They try their best to let you leave early. They did make me feel like they cared and I know their situation was probably more demanding than mine as they had to basically carry the stores at all times. There were times where SALATA was frustrating, but only if you took on a role with more responsibilities like I did. I became a shift lead after being with Salata for a year. Salata has its ups and downs, but the relationships you make with your coworkers will make it better. You really need to all work as a team to get through the day. The shifts go by super fast if you work in the morning shift because SALATA is always popping with business! I think it is a great first part-time job for teens and/or college students. Plus, it’ll encourage you to eat healthy! Be sure to push for your raises, sometimes there’s a delay in receiving them so if you’ve been there for a year, you should deserve one.

Within each work day at Salata, the regular tasks boiled  down to preparation and service. The day flowed with several thresholds to cross, the whole crew preparing the store for the days influx of customers. From setting up the dining area or behind the service counter to preparing food items to be served. I learned better how to adapt with the fast paced environment, as well as how to perform each specific task needed to succeed. The range of duties performed and the diverse amounts of customers and people was quite grand. It was considerably diverting. The most difficult aspect of the occupation was balancing the quality of my work with quantity of work to complete. I placed focus on quality and consideration of the customer, but it did not bode well with the fast paced environment, thereby rendering my speed insufficient. Despite this, I enjoyed seeing the smiles of each person as they entered and ordered. Sometimes it takes a special kind of person to have such an occupation, and for that, I was glad to see my customers and coworkers each day.

Hey, if you wanna work at the one in spring stuebner rd. DON’T WORK HERE if you want to suffer. I’ve been working here for 2 years now, the higher ups don’t care about us. The manager during my stay here was the only manager that cared about us. As a person and as an employee. But the higher ups, themselves are selfish and only care about money. It’s absured that everything has to be perfect their way, we had to clean almost everything! And one of them had walked in and just saw this tiny thing that was dirty and walked out. DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER TO LOOK AT THE HARD WORK WE HAD TO CLEAN FOR THEM TO BE HAPPY. It’s upsetting because I originally thought they cared about the employees aswell. I had thought wrong, and also. If you get a any complaint about you. You get fired with that just ONE COMPLAINT. They ignore how of a good worker you are and just base it off of that complaint. Overall, DO NOT WORK HERE. Cause this location is just horrible and it makes me depressed when I’m normally a happy person. They don’t care about us and only care about customers and money.

I was a manager for this company for a short time and would not advise working in the Atlanta market for Salata unless you have a VERY strong backbone and don't mind being talked down to regularly, threatened and treated like a child.  My peers, for the most part, were awesome people with a desire to do a great job.  But, like myself, the majority of them have left the company for the same reasons mentioned above.  I never received my benefits package or a bonus I was told I would receive to help make up for the low pay I agreed to.  If you're new to management and don't know how great it can be to have a really good District Manager who wants to help develop you and is truly there to help you build a successful operation then this may be for you.  But if you're an experienced manager run, don't walk away,  from a position with Salata Atlanta.  There are too many good positions availabe where you're treated like you're appreciated.

Not the worst job. There’s literally nothing that’s hard to do. The biggest problems are the integrity of upper management, and the disgusting low wages. You can work there for years and never get a raise, and constantly be told that they can’t raise your wage until review time, but the review never happens. Don’t ever think that the “leads” or people with seniority make more than a new hire. It’s really shameful. Since the pandemic began, they now have 1/2 less staff in the stores but demand the employees do double the work with the same pay. I understand this company is trying to recover some of their losses, but are losing good employees because money is more important than integrity and employee morale. 
Used to be an enjoyable job, now it’s a drag, and incredibly not worth it. Customers can feel it too. The complaints are plenty, and hardly ever addressed. 

Like most, salata was my first restaurant job. I was not expecting much, but as a high school student, I did expect the manager to respect my school schedule. Even though I provided my school schedule with the manager, within the first WEEK, I was scheduled to work before my school day finished, and was reprimanded for it when I showed up to my shift late (because I was at school). This was an issue until I quit. Along with that, my manager was extremely creepy, constantly touching my back and wanting to take all of his breaks at the same time as me. I was a closer, which I was okay with, but none of the other closing staff even attempted to do their job and I finally quit due to compromising positions I was put in during my closing shifts/time. I am a very laid back person, but I was made to feel uncomfortable at my place of work every single day.

The manager puts on a friendly face during the interview, then gets rude and very demanding on your first day. You absolutely can NOT stand still NO MATTER WHAT otherwise you will get sent home early, have your hours cut, or just be fired straight up. It's a shame that such an amazing establishment has been, in my mind, tarnished by poor management and a "constant movement policy" that says and I quote directly from my assistant manager's mouth, "since we pay you $10/hr, you'll spend EVERY second of your shift cleaning spotless tables, mopping & sweeping clean floors and wiping your station down even if you just did 5 minutes ago, otherwise you're fired." Free lunch ONLY if you get 40+ customers during your shift.

When I worked there it was a good job at first I had enough hours I was getting payed a good amount for someone getting out of highshcool, but for some reason when a new store opened they started butchering hours with sometimes only 2 hours a day or no hours at all at one point I had under 20 hours over a span of two weeks. The job is easy and it can be fun when you get to know some customers and they’re daily customers but the management and how they deal with the employees hours was favoritism. Despite having no hours they still hired new people and many employees left because of the favoritism but that’s not what bothered me what bothered me was no hours which is why I decided to leave

Salata is probably my new favorite lunch place. The ordering setup is similar to Subway in a way: you come up to the counter, choose your leafy greens and choose all of your (unlimited!) veggie, nuts/seeds, cheeses, fruits and dressings which are put together right in front of you, then pay and find a place to eat. It is great to get a fresh, customizable salad so quickly. Each salad comes with a slice of bread too. They offer a few soups as well, though the salads are big enough to fill up one person. Even the 'small size' (which you have to ask for, it isn't explicitly listed on the menu) ends up being a large meal for an individual!

First of all, this location has a really high turnover rate. The owner of the store is cheap and doesn’t take creative criticism well. He only cares about his money and dismisses any problems given to him & directs workers to the general manager. Aimlessly hires people on the spot without checking backgrounds (Hired a man that would make passes at underaged girls). Doesn’t give adequate training. The line workers are nice and friendly as they should be & the GM does the best she can to make up for her bosses downfalls. You are being watched all day every day on the cameras and you will get a call from the owner of the store every single minute.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Team member 5 salaries reported	$12.50 per hour
Shift leader 12 salaries reported	$13.92 per hour
Server 1 salary reported	$12.00 per hour
Dishwasher 1 salary reported	$12.00 per hour
Manager 3 salaries reported	$58,333 per year

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