Krispy Kreme reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,104 total reviews)

Josh Charlesworth

54% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Krispy Kreme has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,104 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Krispy Kreme employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 12, 2014

Should be do not,not donut

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Pros

free donuts, total lack of supervision, we did what we wanted, when we wanted. total abscence of upper managers except when they came for the dog and pony shows

Cons

underpaid, under staffed, never enough help, jerk shift managers, rude customers, seriously its donuts people

1.0
Nov 19, 2013

Stressful

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Annual raise There are no other pros

Cons

-They do not promote from within -No matter how hard you work and show dedication raises are extremely minimal between $.05 - $.25

3.0
Mar 6, 2013

It's been real.

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Pros

$10 an hour for a shift lead is pretty impressive, to me. Interview was easy, just be personable and pass the drug test. Everyone I worked directly with has been pleasant, I worked at a production store and a "hot shop". Doughnuts are the best around. Our coffee is fantastic, too. The management in my area (they own the stores in Brandon, Fl. Avenue, Kennedy Blvd., Lakeland, and Palm Harbor) has just undergone some changes, and most of them seem really good. I am hearing we will be opening more stores soon. There seems to be room to move up in the company, people have an opportunity to go from a retail member to a shift lead to store manager with a lot of hard work and that is something I admire a lot in a company.

Cons

I hate khakis and white polos. So. Much. And the coffee stains our shirts so easily. So that's a bummer. The first store I worked at (for almost a year before transferring) was in a shady part of town and almost every single customer was rude, nasty, and just trying to get something for free. I have never been treated the way those customers treated me, and I have held several customer service jobs. I had to call the police on more than one occasion. So that was terrible. Though this is more a "con" about the human race moreso than the company. The two stores I did work at didn't have any sort of method of systematically giving reviews or raises, so that's something that threw me off because other places I've worked had a set way about doing it. I know people who have been working here for years without any sort of raise, and that's unfortunate. There's definitely some miscommunication about coupons and other procedures. We are told not to accept expired coupons but to also make sure the customer leaves happy, and it seems impossible to find a balance there. I'm so used to customers trying to scam me that I do not ever accept a questionable coupon, which typically has been the right way to go, but I have coworkers who've been written up upon receiving customer complaints when all they did was follow that same rule. I asked a few times about getting on the health insurance with this company but no one has actually told me what to do and that's a little annoying, I wish they would send out a packet when you're hired on full time or something.

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