Is Lettuce Entertain You a good company to work for?

Lettuce Entertain You has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 589 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 78% of employees would recommend working at Lettuce Entertain You to a friend and 75% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Lettuce Entertain You have been left by employees working as Restaurant Manager , Server and Manager .

Does Lettuce Entertain You pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lettuce Entertain You employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lettuce Entertain You. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lettuce Entertain You?

78% of Lettuce Entertain You employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lettuce Entertain You 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lettuce Entertain You?

Server (111) , Server/Waiter (33) , Hostess (28) , Manager (26) , Bartender (24) , Host (22) , Server/Bartender (18) , Line Cook (11) , Restaurant Manager (10) , Host/Hostess (9) , Intern (7) , Busser/Runner (6) , Chef (6) , Food Server (6) , General Manager (6)

What are the pros of working at Lettuce Entertain You according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits and HR department" ((in 44 reviews)); "Great people never a dull day" ((in 36 reviews)); "You make good money and they try to work with you on scheduling" ((in 21 reviews)); "Great food and great coworkers." ((in 18 reviews)); "The pay can be really good." ((in 17 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lettuce Entertain You according to real employee reviews?

"long hours and evening hours" ((in 37 reviews)); "some of the managers can be rude" ((in 19 reviews)); "Upper management and partners are extremely arrogant." ((in 12 reviews)); "no work life balance" ((in 8 reviews)); "few information between corporate and employees" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Lettuce Entertain You locations?

Chicago , Austin , Washington , Wheeling , Las Vegas , Schaumburg , Lincolnshire , Reston , Oak Brook , Santa Monica , Glenview , Eden Prairie , Oakbrook Terrace , Rosemont , McLean , Edina , Lincolnwood , Bethesda , North Bethesda , Bal Harbour , Tysons Corner , Aurora , Lisle , Northbrook , Rolling Meadows , North River , Scottsdale , Texas City , Minneapolis , Minnetonka

Lettuce Entertain You reviews

4.1

78% would recommend to a friend

(546 total reviews)

R.J. Melman

100% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

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Lettuce Entertain You has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 546 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Lettuce Entertain You employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

546 reviews

3.0

Feb 1, 2023

A good place for a junior to start. Get some experience and go somewhere better.

Web developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

At times a fun and interesting place to work especially if you're a food lover. LAMP stack, so you'll be working with Wordpress. You are expected to code, project manage, QA , and at times design full websites for the restaurants. If you are not familiar, you'll learn on the job.Fast paced environment to work in with many requests from various divisions - you will be busy. Catered weekly lunches are a nice perk of the job. Generally, the people who work there are pleasant and helpful.

Cons

You will be underpaid, despite doing the job of 3 people. A running joke amongst employees is the company should be called "Lettuce Underpay You". The benefits and "401k" were very bare bones. Web department gets deprioritized. Even if you have great ideas to make the tech stack better, you are beholden to the financial approval of the restaurant partners. They don't want to pay for tech advancements mostly because they don't understand it, so you're stuck making wordpress sites. The current director of web development is an emotionally unstable workaholic. Don't be afraid to report to HR if you're being mistreated - it would not be the first time. You are expected to work Windy City Smokeout. If you like festivals, hot weather, country music, you're good. If not, it really sucks, and they should just hire professionals to do this instead of graphic designers/developers.

Lettuce Entertain You Response

3y

Thank you for being part of our team and for taking the time to share your experience. Hearing from employees like you is important to us, so we are grateful for this feedback. If you would like to discuss your feedback further, please connect with Sarah Corpman, our Director of Employee Relations, at 773-433-5344 or scorpman@leye.com.

1.0

Jun 9, 2022

Poor management

Server

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Family meal, insurance, some nice coworkers.

Cons

Inconsistent training. They put servers in a full station and the corporate trainer never finished their training. Managers do not check up on new employees, when they first get to the floor.Corporate trainer arrives late then, rushes through the training.Corporate trainer doesn't"t even finish the training sessions. Management does not walk around and touch tables. Managers hang out at the host stand or in the office talking about employees.

Lettuce Entertain You Response

4y

Thank you for sharing. Feedback like this helps us to keep our Culture of Caring active and vital. If you'd like to further discuss your feedback, we invite you to contact John Simmons, Chief Human Resources Officer, at 773-907-7334 or jsimmons@leye.com.

3.0

Mar 30, 2022

Decent Job

Unit manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Ability to go up the ranks -Flexible hours -good benefits -HR

Cons

-competitive salary -employee turnover rate -work/life balance can get tricky

Lettuce Entertain You Response

4y

Thank you for giving this information about your experience at Lettuce. We especially appreciate that you took the time to share your comments, because feedback from our teams helps us in our continuing efforts to make Lettuce a great place to work.

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