loved the job, hated the corporate shadiness - Assistant Manager McAlister's Employee Review

2.0
Mar 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pro: pay is scale and has benefits the food is good and you can be proud of the portions offered for the price you have lots of freedom to gear your stores marketing toward your areas needs lots of community involvement

Cons

Con: (corporate franchise owners) Bad Management training- they promote due to need not ability. Corporate Red Tape- everything done in triplicate and for no apparent purpose. Lots of talk, not much action- problems get talked about but never resolved (health code issues, worker issues, management issues, building maint issues, etc) Lots of turnover due to the above as well as other things.

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Pros

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Cons

Uses Slicers, heavy machinery. Can be hard to clean.

4.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

i worked with nice people, people who worked harder got more hours and people would chip in and help eachother (i worked in the back but i helped up front during rush hour sometimes, and sometimes my coworkers would come help me) and i got a free meal for working a full shift

Cons

the night shift doesnt have a lot of people, and big rushes can happen.

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