Gate Gourmet reviews

3.0

48% would recommend to a friend

(967 total reviews)
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Christoph Schmitz

46% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Gate Gourmet has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 967 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Gate Gourmet 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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967 reviews
3.0
May 27, 2015

Ok company

Recommend
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Pros

Resume builder by allowing you to get your hands on many things. Hard to get fired.

Cons

Low pay. Not a recognizable company to outsiders. Low pay. Not good benefits. Did I mention low pay?

2.0
May 22, 2015

Less pay over work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They have benefits and they serve two times meal breakfast and lunch, 40+ hour guarantee, great airport working experience and a lot to learn within short period of time.

Cons

They pay $8 not what written on glassdoor or other online job search as $9 . The pay is less for the kind of work load. its sad when you see people you don't expect stealing from the company and some people are really massively stealing all kinds of things especially liquors, I wonder if the cameras and security are really working.

4.0
May 11, 2015

Full-time employee 2 years - Reston VA

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Generally quiet office with open-concept feel (no cube boxes to be stuck in). Friendly employees, and great programs to try and get involvement and morale up - popcorn fridays, almost monthly events involving food (usually free unless to raise money for charity). Yoga and insanity exercise classes from lifetime fitness instructors for free after work every week. Free parking close to new silver line metro station with short drive to Reston town center for food opportunities. Depending on the department, the career development plans have been improving greatly.

Cons

Management (especially upper) has a hard time seeing that they need to set examples - get frustrated when employees don't get involved or don't go to events that they never attend themselves. Some upper management is an exception, but in general they do not see the value in taking 5 minutes to lead by example. HR has been a mess since I've been here - low retention of employees and lack of organization causes some hostility between hiring managers and HR department. Many employees have mindset of the company "owing" them for working there, therefore will not be involved in charity events, or anything that would involve a monetary donation or anything where free food or items aren't involved. Terrible health insurance – wish they’d use better companies for health and dental.

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