They work salaried employees to death - Business Coach Jimmy John's Employee Review

3.0
Jul 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

High salary, clean stores, and an overall impressive business model. High standards for employees create a uniform working environment from store to store.

Cons

You will work 6 a.m. to about 5:30 p.m. each day in training (if you're lucky). You constantly have someone stand behind you and criticize the most useless details of how you prepare a sandwich. You are not offered any breaks in your shift. In a 24 hour period, about 14 hours is spent preparing for work, working, and driving to and from work. How you use the other 10 hours is up to you.

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4.0
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Pros

Good pay, if there aren't too many drivers, and you're at a good place for lunch, you can expect to make around $50 in tips per day or more, and get reimbursed for mileage. The people there can be hit or miss, some people can be very fun to work with and responsible.

Cons

The upper management can be lead with too many sensitive women, who don't know how to diagnose situations properly, and take the side of the immature employees who get offended way too easily. The co-workers can be very young and irresponsible, but this is par for the course for food places if you don't have strong leadership.

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