Jimmy John's reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(8,756 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 8,756 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
Sep 12, 2012

Many values sacrificed in the name of speed.

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Pros

The manager I started working with was very accommodating to new employees, but he didn't last long. The company is willing to hire people with little to no experience. Training is easy. Learning deliveries, table prep or cashier isn't hard at all. You usually get put wherever they need you. Discounts.

Cons

Speed is more important than hygiene. I was the main cashier and I was always told to go from ringing people up to putting gloves on and making sandwiches. I would stop to wash my hands and several managers (including the district manager) frown upon it. Washing my hands would take too long and sandwiches could be passed out faster if I had gone from handling money/dirty credit cards to food. I find this practice to be extremely gross, but maybe that's just me. Dirty lettuce is recycled and portions are often very stingy. Extremely strict corporate and the 5 managers I went through while working here were all extremely 'power hungry'. I've had a manager fire a girl for taking day-old bread home after closing then becoming too lazy to replace her. He then had me stay after my shift was over with no break to cover for her, I worked that day from 11:00 am till close. Again, no break. You only get a free sandwich if you work 6 hours, I was always scheduled for 5.5 hours. The high volume plus high productivity always results in high stress. Extremely sexism and gender discrimination. If you can handle the strict uniform policy (and yes, it's fairly strict), insane corporate, power hungry managers than this is the place for you.

4.0
Sep 10, 2012

Strict rules but easy job.

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Pros

It is a very low stress job and you have a lot of freedom in your car.

Cons

Strict dress code. No gas and mileage compensation.

5.0
Aug 26, 2012
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Pros

Great growth opportunity In a thriving company. The owners treat employees well. And a great experience.

Cons

Cant depend on much more compensation than your salary. Some stores do really well, and others are strugling to get any bonus. Not a lot of pay for 50 to 60 hours a week

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