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What is the best part of working at the company?
This company has really bad upper management. They are like school children. They hire their friends whom are not qualified for the positions they are GIVEN and did not earn. From one day to another you can go from being a vital productive member of the team to supposedly not being ready for your position that you have held for months and performed without fault or error. Only because you finally speak up about the unfairness. The HUMAN RESOURCES are not in your side they are only trying to keep the company safe from any fault. They will turn everything around that you say and pretend to listen and care. When in all reality they don't give a dang about you. Id never work here again ever. Good luck if your going to apply. I'm sure you will get hired but you won't be treated with respectfully. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You will get stressed you when your  on the line and your the only one working while other people are just talking or looking at you. They won't offer assistance and just continue to do whatever they want 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This company allowed an individual whom is still employed, to urinated  in a pitcher used for tea and strawberry lemonade mixes. The manager and other DM told about this NEVER reprimanded him or anything. He is still working at this store. The pitchers are still being used to this day at the location in Tucson, Az at the Tucson market place location. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Your gonna go in and give your all if your on the line because you don't have a choice. Or your gonna be one of the people who don't do anything and watch other people work.

Overall, working here was a good learning experience, the environment could be really fun and encouraging of the utmost cooperation; however, there is much to be improved upon. In the time that I was there alone, the managerial situation fluctuated rather dramatically, with mostly seemingly either inexperienced or unfit people fulfilling the position. While this was stressful, I can't entirely blame the mere store managers themselves, as it seemed to be upper management that was the root of most of the problems. They tended to handle situations such as issues concerning specific employees poorly, and were more prone to fueling any sort of drama as opposed to making an effort to put it out. Another thing, though potentially just a personal view, the hiring of almost (if not completely) exclusively young people is something that should be done with a bit more caution. Rather than hiring qualified people to fulfill high responsibility positions such as managers in the case that they were needed, some current team members were rushed through the training process and put under excessive pressure in order to make up for the absence. Perhaps it was just my time there, but the volume in which even once very loyal, committed employees left, often out of frustration, speaks a lot for itself. The scheduling was also extremely inconsistent, so you might have to be more forceful in your communication in order to get the hours you want. A decent part time/temporary job likely, lots to learn as you're often working in different positions, and often quite a bit of room for growth/moving up, lol.

They hired many people for my store and hired no people for a store less than a mile away, my manager would go in the bathroom and cry every single shift, this job made me depressed because of how awful some of the people I worked with were to me. They fired me after some horrible things happened in my life because I "did not fit in with the company" You don't get free food unless you work for 8 hours, they give you no breaks unless you work for 8 hours, not all of the people that work there are mean but some are, the food gets cross contaminated and they did not require me to have a food handlers permit the entire time I worked there. The job made me depressed and dread going. I was actually kind of happy to be fired because I was so happy, My friend still works at a different store than I worked at and she was supposed to be moved up to team lead and never was and was supposed to be given a raise that her and her team members never received. She told them she could not be scheduled at certain times because of school and they would schedule her and wonder why she was late. The job causes her to burnout mentally and causes her distress. The managers at her location are a lot nicer but, the job still is kind of bad. Not to mention it is killer on your knees and feet, also your back will have pain as well from the standing. I would go five to six hours without a break and I would ask for it and it was never given. I had anxiety attacks when I thought about going to work. please never work here.

Only reason why I stayed was because of the team and the pay. 

You seem stuck in the company if you go to an apprentice and up position. However company never properly trains, hiring external has a higher advantage than promoting from within. Company prides themselves growing with them but has more stores than store managers. Wether you are in need of help, need any time for mental health or death in the family, and team/company culture but that’s not the case. I’ve even ran into the mindset of I need to work, work, work, and pushed that onto my team as well. I’ve sacrificed my own time just because of shifts needing to be covered, despite system only allowing us to have so many people on shifts but also punishes you when you have a lot of hires. 

With the new system it was a PowerPoint presentation when it launched for our training and hardly any one on one training with it, only a booklet. Here is where the external hires have a high advantage than promoted from within, they have seen the system and get a more in-depth training rather than those who only know salad and go’s. District managers try to help however you are made to feel like a burden and get brushed off or when they realize there is an issue; they get mad at you for not knowing how to do certain tasks, despite not being properly training on various subjects. They never follow up with said training either after many attempts for it. 

Salad and go was fun and exciting to work for, I actually loved my job. However now that it went corporate and owners left it’s terrible and is only getting worse. 

This company plays favorites. I've witnessed it at multiple locations.  Their expectations are incredibly unrealistic for bussier stores.  They understaff you and then expect everything to be flawless.  Busy stores are held to the same standard as slow stores running half of the projections.
Managers have poor communication and contradict themselves all the time.   They don't lead by example and talk down to you.  I've been told to NOT say please to team members when i was in a leadership position  that I am to tell them what to do.  Hypocrisy and toxicity runs deep throughout.  
The higher ups are just as fake as the managers.  Match made in heaven.  It feels like you need to be rude and overly aggressive to get anywhere in this company.  
Heaven forbid you call out.  They make you regret it.  They also like to send out messages to the entire team putting people on blast.  They don't use names but they make it very clear who they are talking about.  At the end of the day we are all human and make mistakes and working in a fast paced high stress environment with rude managers and unreasonable expectations there is bound to be room for error. The more pressure you put on people the harder it is to meet goals.  I once loved this company. I enjoyed coming to work but day by day it got worse and it's truly sad. 

Bright side They are incredibly flexible with scheduling and you can listen to good music while you work. Free employee meals is nice too! Not many places still over that.  

Its a good job if you are just looking into having a second job. 
The opportunity to move up in the company itself is widely overvalued within the company itself and the people in corporate limit any additions or even delay things that stores need to run better and smoother as long as possible to run more money into the company itself. 
In a business sense the profitability from this is outstanding so they can afford it. I’ve been to the headquarters and the place is way more decked out than any store itself could ever be. The maintenance people are wonderful but too expensive in the company’s eyes.
 A lot of stores in the valley of Arizona are in critical conditions from the time ive been there that each person on the store side all know and want a higher pay. Half their Store Managers  and District Managers quit when they removed their pay past the salary in addition they were required to work those extra hours for FREE, the conditions for moving up are horrible. Every Quarter they’ve been removing benefits from Store Managers down to a regular Employee.
 In the job description they look for quick acting people, and they push those to people to the limit aswell.
The people there are wonderful, they look after eachover since corporate doesn’t bat an eye to how they feel. People are afraid to complain to corporate itself aswell.

I've worked for this company for about a year, and currently do. When I saw no reviews for the Tulsa district, I was surprised given the issues I've witnessed with my coworkers. I would like to begin with the positives. The responsibilities of the job are easy to get down, decent pay for the Tulsa area, you can afford rent (if you get full hours.), flexible hours, free meals up to $10 a shift, they have been forgiving with (window times, food cost, and speed of service). Given the short staffing, my location has an adorable get-to-know-the-crew board with our interests listed for talking points, we’ve taken polaroids when there is a fun event like dress-up days, milestones, etc. The company does try to incorporate fun in the work environment. That said my grievances have outweighed the good for me. The scheduling hasn't allowed for proper training for new hires, we rarely get breaks, struggle to find work/life balances, typical for scheduling issues, and there have been incredibly unprofessional moments, Most store managers carry all the workload leading to a lack of professional development for the shift leads. I planned to stay with the company as a team member but recently have decided to quit due to the lack of support from upper management.

I really liked working here in the beginning. I think that once you move up to apprentice, the work gets a bit more tough and stressful, but all the roles in between are easy (team member, ambassador, shift lead). The store I trained at to become an apprentice had poor culture when I got there, but it got much better after a few weeks. The store manager felt inept in teaching me management functions, which I soon started to realize. My growth was pretty slow-moving, but there wasn't much I could do about it. Slow growth unless the store is in dire need to promote you.. I really disliked when the company transitioned to a brand new software used for purchasing inventory, scheduling, payroll, etc. The process felt rushed and I don't feel like I personally received adequate training for it. Also, once up on a time, we could take a couple salads home but now they are strictly enforcing one free meal per shift worked, which means if you get a break on your shift, that's your free meal and you'd have to pay for anything you take home after your shift is over.

Made it to become store manager. Coming up was great , if you’re at a well staffed store it’s great for team members , if you’re not , you’ll probably be overworked and always asked to work more. Becoming management was constant work , always having to answer texts and calls and coming in early and staying later and coming in on your days off. It is expected of you to work up to 90 hours and 7 days if your store demands it and you’re the store manager. The pay gap isn’t that large between team member , shift leads and store manager. It’s not the pay that will get you a bunch of money , it’s the amount of hours that rack up. Do NOT expect to move past store manager. Endless stories and examples of the company hiring outside of company for higher management not giving hard workers positions that are dangled infront of them . One plus is that if you are not store manager , schedule is VERY flexible. Overall liked the job if it wasn’t endless hours, work while not at work and upper management that did not support and ended up cutting ends with me due to not wanting me in moments notice .

Salad and Go has been a great company to work for, they’re very community oriented. They have plenty of opportunities to volunteer with the company as well as donating to their “SAG cares fund” to help other team members who may need financial assistance due to hardships or natural disasters. The company is ALWAYS developing, new stores are continuously going up left and right as well as changes in the way the stores are ran to ensure peak efficiency is met. There is plenty of room for growth throughout the company and if you start out as a team member the company trains and certifies you. The workplace culture is great, higher ups make frequent visits to stores and make changes based on both team member and guest feedback. Everyone is typically friendly and encouraging and the company itself is very inclusive. The workload is not bad at all in comparison to the pay as long as you’ve got good multitasking skills. It can definitely vary by store/person but personally we have a great store manager that goes extra lengths to make sure everybody is accommodated and needs are met.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Restaurant manager 3 salaries reported	$56,000 per year
Shift leader 12 salaries reported	$16.53 per hour
Restaurant staff 15 salaries reported	$15.88 per hour
Team member 3 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Restaurant general manager 5 salaries reported	$56,000 per year

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