Sodexo reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(10,176 total reviews)
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Sophie Bellon

65% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Sodexo has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 10,176 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sodexo 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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10K reviews
3.0
Dec 11, 2013

Frustrating

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

HUGE company. You can litarally work where ever you want to. As opposed to the "mom and pop" jobs, there are plenty of benefits and retirement options. The availabilty of personal help is also a plus with the Lifeworks website to help with addictions, coupons and countless other links.

Cons

If you're someone that hasn't worked at Sodexo before, you're pretty much guaranteed a job. Moving up the "corporate ladder" is way harder than serving 800 customers in a shift with only 4 employees. It's almost impossible! First, you have to get by the third party company that screens your resume (which is based on a point system). Then you have to get by the phone interview that ranges from a 2 minute conversation to a 5 question (30 minute) essay-like interview(that's based on a point system. Good luck getting to the phone interview. I put a resume in for a postion above me, a position I had before I had to leave, I COULDN'T EVEN GET AN INTERVIEW! How can I not get an interview with the same site I worked for?! When I asked my manager they replied "It's all up to the company that screens the resumes.." Needless to say I hope to not be a "current employee" here for long....

2.0
Oct 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a job during the bad economy. You meet new people because the turn over rate is so high. Even in a small account. The ones who stay are pretty solid workers and a couple of them are good people.

Cons

They try to run the company by fear and intimidation. It is hard to get anything to HR because the first two levels of management don't listen and hide any report they get. They have a policy that is only followed if it benefits their needs. A raise at this place is near impossible to get and when it does come don't expect much. It is the most unappreciative company to work for no matter how much you carry an account while management that does not have a clue how to manage people takes the credit.

2.0
Sep 25, 2013

Sodexo in flux now

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, high values, frontline people are friendly and loyal. Flex hours.

Cons

Major reorg now, whole departments laid off to replace positions with cheaper salaries . Large amounts of lay offs over 50. Lot of in fighting between market segments.

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