Jimmy John's reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,757 total reviews)

James North

72% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Jimmy John's has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 8,757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jimmy John's 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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9K reviews
2.0
Apr 2, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay for no secondary education Very well structured - everything you need to do is laid out pretty clearly Excellent chance to move up in the company (to a degree)

Cons

If you have any sort of social life, this is not the job for you. Management works around 65 hours/week (at a 50 hr pay scale). Business has almost doubled in last few years, but no extra help in the morning with prep, you must just go in earlier (sacrificing more free time). If you are a manager or work other corporate jobs, you don't get any vacation time until after one year of service, and that vacation is pre-schedule and usually at the end of the year (so if you start in January, you will be basically working 2 years without a vacation), and the maximum vacation you can earn is 4 weeks, although some positions max out at 3 weeks. It's also near impossible for management to switch a scheduled day for anything other than hospitalized illness (unless you are friends with the executives). Does not do any sort of 401(k) matching

3.0
Mar 31, 2013

a lot of learning

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is growing. It's successful and always busy.

Cons

Long hours. Never get away from the job. Franchise owners don't follow corporate rules. Corporate is overly involved in day to day operations. Very picky.

5.0
Mar 29, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They truly value their team and work with you so you may succeed and move up in the company.

Cons

The starting wages are pretty low for the amount of work and effort that you are expected to give.

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