I initially deleted my review because I thought it was too harsh, then I had more to add! - Anonymous employee Caribou Coffee Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You get free coffee and the people are actually nice. That's literally it. This is a place to work short-term if you need to improve your customer service skills and you like coffee, and then get out of as fast as your resume can carry you.

Cons

* I get to keep track of three different websites for hours, training, etc. Some of these have content that does not work on store computers so I do them at home for free. * My managers frequently don't know what's going on, whether it's about new health codes or my pay. * Speaking of my pay. I'm getting .20 less than was agreed upon when I was hired, and still thinking of what to do about this. * Also speaking of my pay, my first manager told me the wrong date for payday, so I spent weeks thinking my pay was late. * Right now, I'm doing unpaid training. * Everything actually sucks, down to the register software which is obtuse. Our dishes are nice I guess, which is great for our customers. * Starbucks treated me better and paid me more.

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1.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

The customers are amazing and the job itself is very easy and doesn’t demand much work.

Cons

I was terminated after “complaining” about management and was treated unfairly until I had to leave. They were not trying to keep me in the company after I started complaining that I haven’t gotten raise in 2 years.

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