The first round is fine. It was a small group interview asking general questions about you and your experience and whether you’d been to a joe & the juice before. Once you get through to the next stage you’ve basically got the job pending training. You then need to go to a four day, face to face training course and learn every product in their product manual off by heart, by the end of the four days. They don’t tell you what bar you’ll be placed in until after the training is completed. Some of the trainers were quite rude and arrogant, telling people off as though they were all at school. They came across entitled, mocking people, fashion trends and other coffee stores, it gave weird mean girls vibes. Also informing us we couldn’t wear cropped tops whilst the trainer wore a non existent top herself. It felt off and unwelcoming, and gave the impression we should be grateful for this opportunity and as though we were going to be working at one of the top bars in the world. Of course, at the time I did think it was a good opportunity, I just felt we should also feel valued as new staff too. You also need to do everything a certain way. For instance you have to “move with a purpose” and pick up two apples rather than one as you blend them, to save time and move in certain directions to do things quicker. You also have to layer the sandwich in a particular order, which I understand as it maintains consistency, but if you got it wrong I heard one trainer say “it’s 7 sandwiches to learn, it’s really not that hard” and “someone just come to the front and practice first, I’m not going to beg”. They really emphasise how fast you need to be. The slogan on the door says “a juicer is not a machine” and I’ve never heard anything more contradictory. Over all I just didn’t feel like I’d be suited to the role or company in the end.