Simple Job, nice perks, great staff, but can get stressful at times - Front End Retail Krispy Kreme Employee Review

4.0
Jan 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

As others have said, free donuts/soda/coffee while you work, 50% off discount for everything in the store for you and friends/family while they're with you. Relatively simple/easy work for a food service job and regular raises for people that stay with it for a little while. Talking with people while they visit is nice when business is slow. The management is supportive and there are several little gifts that are given to the staff regularly.

Cons

Friday/Saturday after the hot sign comes on, it can get to insane levels of of people coming through the door and when you're understaffed or the doughnut machine simply isn't making the glazed fast enough, it can seem hopeless to get everyone in and out without getting yelled at by a customer that can't fathom that they have to wait for hot doughnuts for 5 minutes or so.

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It’s an really easy job

Cons

corporate has weird and strict rules

2.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice people to work with, and of course, doughnuts

Cons

extremely understaffed and leadership refuses to backfill while increasing expectations of shrinking teams. long-term, this is not sustainable and people will continue to leave. internal data is a mess, no confidence in outputs and requires a ton of manual calculation

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