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      Five Guys

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      Five Guys reviews

      3.6

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (4,775 total reviews)
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      Jerry Murrell

      77% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

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      Five Guys has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,775 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Five Guys employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restauration industry (3.4 stars).

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      5K reviews
      1.0
      Nov 29, 2014

      No pay and bad attitude

      Crew member
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good company to work for has potential to be more with major improvements. Fast pace environment for those who can keep up.

      Cons

      Pay is horrible they wont give you a raise. You do more work than what they pay you for. The managers treat people like crap, and talk to you any kind of way. My advice work somewhere that will pay you fairly for the work you put in.

      3.0
      Nov 29, 2014

      Good experience, but a shadow of their former glory...

      Assistant manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working at Five Guys has been a good professional experience to add to my resume. The coworkers are typically nice people, and the store-level managers have been helpful and willing to teach. My management style and approach has definitely been positively impacted having worked here. The pay for shift managers and up is good ($10+); however, I find it lacking compared to the workload that is put in the managers.

      Cons

      The workload they out on their managers is high, especially when they deny promotions and raises for well-performing employees. This leads to store-level managers not having the resources available to be successful. The Chicago market has seen a decline in sales over the past few quarters. This is certainly due to the Murrel family's stubbornness on not changing a single thing about their product. Their product is good, but with emerging flavors at competing businesses, they are being deprioritized.

      2.0
      Nov 27, 2014

      They treat the burgers better than the employees

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The job itself wasn't so bad. At least they let you have fun at work, because it adds to the mood they're trying to create.

      Cons

      They don't want to give full time hours, because they're trying to avoid paying for health insurance. Unless you're a salaried manager, then they'll work you a ton of hours. You basically have to be a manager working 50+ hours a week to get insurance, and then you're on salary so you won't get overtime pay.

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