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A thoughtful and caring company to be a part of - Director of Operations Restaurant Associates Employee Review

5.0
Oct 11, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Transparent leadership, commitment to DEI, growth opportunities and proven success stories for current employees, great benefit opportunities, work-life balance

Cons

Large middle management level can lead to stagnation if not highly active or visible.

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Restaurant Associates Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and experience about RA being 5 star. We also appreciate you taking the time to provide thoughtful advice that can continue to make us a better organization. Please check out our internal R/A DIAC webpage, where you can get more information under the efforts and guidance of our Diversity and Inclusion Action Council, whose mission has been to create a workplace environment where all our associates have a sense of belonging, we created a separate Advisory Group, the Race Equity Advocacy Council. This Group is tasked to create an Action Plan to directly respond to recent events. As our plans develop and under the guidance of Reframe consulting group, we will begin to provide more training, resources, and help to our team members. From the top down our commitment is to our associates. If you have any further feedback, please email us info@restaurantassociates.com

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Cons

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