Aramark reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(12,107 total reviews)
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John Zillmer

58% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Aramark has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 12,107 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aramark employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

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12K reviews
4.0
Apr 5, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits and the opportunities for growth are endless. There are many perks for working with this company including many corporate discounts. Opportunities to travel are perks as well.

Cons

Aramark does not do a great job training employees. Seems disorganized at times. I feel like the pay for the position was below the average for the type of work I was doing.

3.0
Apr 5, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work and training opportunities for me were very good, mostly due to encouragement of select management personnel. However, the turnover of most levels of management during my career was astounding.

Cons

Company is changing toward a leaner, meaner, and supposedly more efficient machine (I'm guessing only for high level management reporting). The new Oracle software allows everybody who uses it to take approximately 2-3 times longer than the old software to do their job, and with the regular layoffs (every 6 months for last 4+ years) there is more work for the employees across the nation. Not sure how aware Eric Foss, CEO, is of work environment above as level of management reporting to him is probably unaware also. The corporation is combining into one Aramark corporation across all departments over time - HR, IT, A/P, A/R, etc.

1.0
Mar 19, 2014

Wish I had a more positive experience.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I managed and met some great people! I got pushed really hard and learned a lot. I was located downtown and had great views of the city. I had a great experience with the vendors that I was constantly in contact with. I have learned and grown professionally and personally.

Cons

I have never have been so stressed, pulled in so many directions, and filled with such negativity at a job in my life. I have been in hospitality (restaurants and catering) for over 8 years.... this was just flipping crazy. There was no place to move up and I got a 1% raise at my one year review, after busting my ass and getting negativity thrown my way every day. There was no work life balance, when you work 60-70 plus hours a week, yet they wanted me to cut more labor for my hourly employees that were getting 30-35hrs a week. The expectations are unattainable and if it isn't exactly perfect for everything, getting yelled at was what was coming. Even if my boss didn't know how to do my job, there was no asking it was all assumption that myself and my staff didn't know what I was doing. I wish the staff I managed felt more appreciated then just me, they needed it from the general manager instead of constant negativity from her. Also her way of coaching you out was asking if you shower, do your hair, why aren't you wearing makeup, and we need to talk about your attire/uniform. This was told to me and 3 other people, multiple times... kinda crazy right?! Whelp needless to say, two managers have left with out a job, and 4 people have quit within a month. I feel like Aramark could be a great company just at a different account location, hopefully.

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