Cracker Barrel reviews

3.2

49% would recommend to a friend

(8,451 total reviews)
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Julie Masino

32% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Cracker Barrel has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 8,451 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cracker Barrel 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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8K reviews
3.0
Feb 5, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Outside of the health benefits, there are none.

Cons

I came to the job expecting it to involve hard work, potentially getting dirty, cleaning, and working with customers. None of those bothered me. However, the attitude is very paternal, and in a negative way. There is no autonomy. Among the things they do are making you carry clear plastic pocketbooks so that they can make sure you aren't stealing (which works well to prevent theft, but carrying personal items out in front of people staring is humiliating). They also base hours on how well a cashier suggestive sells items at the register. So, if you are not able to sell the candy after someone has had dinner and dessert, you get less hours. I saw people around me who were getting almost no hours and who were working very hard (and were told in front of me that the above was the reason).

4.0
Nov 13, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If your willing to dedicate your 100% you will do fine. Managers do have elegibility for promotion. Good training programs.

Cons

Not a lot of respect from upper level management at store level. If your not willing to dedicate your every thing you wont last long, High management turn over at store level and even DM level.

2.0
Oct 30, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love the people I work with

Cons

The policies are a bit dated, and not only that only seem to apply to certain people. Some managers often dont know what they are doing and cause more stress in a situation than help. This is the only retail enviroment I've been in where they tell you to take items off the floor and put them in the stock room... you can't sell something that isnt on the sales floor.

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