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      Aramark

      Engaged Employer

      Aramark reviews

      3.3

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (12,083 total reviews)
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      John Zillmer

      56% approve of CEO

      40% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Culture & values

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Senior management

      Aramark has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 12,083 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
      1.0
      Mar 16, 2014

      Used to be top notch company to work for, not anymore... :(

      Production manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      When started with company, they had good management in place and senior level experienced people that knew how to run industrial laundry applications. Over 8 years I worked for, I saw that change; especially after the most recent president took over.

      Cons

      Year by year, they eliminated core positions in the company by either downsizing or attrition; even when we were having our best or most profitable years in company business. Final straw to break camel's back was the elimination (combining Regional and Group Divisions) resulting in 200+ people of Mid to Upper level experienced Managers being forced out to be replaced by young, cheaper individuals that had no knowledge of equipment and facilities that were older then the individual was at times.

      1.0
      Jan 31, 2011

      HUGE Disappointment

      Human resources
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Coworkers nice, good benefits and, overall, interesting work.

      Cons

      Management has NO idea what they are doing. They also did corporate layoffs in November yet did not tell the employees this would happen. As a result, there was much tension and upset by current employees surrounded by others being let go one by one in the corporate tower. Management in HR did not get there by skills or education. They are incompetent and it seems that diversity is key to holding a position there. Know the right people at the right time and don't worry whether you have a PHR, SPHR or higher education degree because that is not what will help you land a job the further up you go. Extremely dissatisfying and a waste of time if you are a hard working person who wants to advance based on merit and skills.

      1.0
      Jun 11, 2009

      Slow pay-No-pay

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      the opportunity for flex time as the job requires

      Cons

      compensation is less than half of the going rate No regular reviews no promised cost of living raises no opportunities for professional growth inadequate compensation unpaid overtime slow paid (6 months out) for contracted special services

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