Krispy Kreme reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,105 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 2,105 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
4.0
Jan 5, 2015

Working at Krispy Kreme was a great first job, definitely recommend it

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Pros

Flexible schedule for students Friendly coworkers Great environment Not too demanding

Cons

It can get boring after you master everything (one can only box so many dozens of doughnuts)

3.0
Jan 4, 2015

A pretty sweet place to work at.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The best things: You get your first raise after 3 months, and then another shortly after, so that's something great to put on your resumé. You also get to eat doughnuts all you want while you're on the clock. You also get a 50% discount, which is awesome, because McDonald's only gave me a 10% discount. You get your work shoes, for FREE. They also offer incentives such as, you get $1 for every coupon book or calendar you sell! (They DON'T have to pay you for that at all, since you're already supposed to sell their merchandise.) On Christmas, I got a free Turkey, as a gift from Krispy Kreme! You also get paid weekly, instead of bi-weekly.

Cons

Krispy Kreme is a great company, but things tend to go wrong when dealing with management. I feel like supervisors do most the work, while the Store Manager, or GM, goes on vacation once a month, or every other month. In case you don't understand how awesome that is, that's about 6-12 vacations a year! Also, tons of doughnuts get thrown out; I think it'd be better to donate some to churches, or let the employees take a half-dozen home with them. Now, Krispy Kreme isn't "fast food," it is "retail," because we sell merchandise such as Tshirts, mugs, onsies, caps, and other miscellaneous items. And it does get irritating to I, and the customer when I am forced to offer purchasing our new Vanilla Spice Latte, along with a doughnut hole cup, and topped with our latest gadget, such as the Christmas ornament or our calendars. Now, purchasing any of what I mentioned would either benefit you, or you would greatly thank me for it later. But, when all you came in for was 2 original glazed doughnuts, and I have to ask you to purchase all that before you leave, it does get annoying and frustrating. There are probably more pros than there are cons to Krispy Kreme, but the cons should be reconciled and be noticed by KK, and be fixed if possible.

5.0
Dec 28, 2014

trainer

Anonymous employee
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Pros

fun,busy,decent pay, good training, good environment

Cons

i enjoyed my time with krispy kreme and cannot list any cons

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