Sodexo reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(10,180 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 10,180 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
4.0
Apr 25, 2025

Can't get it together

Recommend
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Pros

Pros: Work Environment: I enjoy working at Children’s Hospital, which seems to be a rewarding and inspiring place. Colleagues: I like the people and employees I work with, which can contribute significantly to job satisfaction and a positive workplace atmosphere. Passion for the Job: I find value and meaning in the work I do, which is important for long-term job satisfaction.

Cons

Cons: Compensation: I feel that the pay, including bonuses, is insufficient for the work I do. Management Issues: There are concerns with the current management style, particularly with the new director whom many perceive as having poor management skills. Career Advancement: The situation with the operational position interview suggests potential issues with transparency and fairness in promotion opportunities.

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Sodexo Response
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We apologize that you had a negative experience and will share your feedback with the appropriate parties. Our goal is to provide a positive working environment for all our employees, and we appreciate you sharing your experience to help us improve.
1.0
Apr 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Not much pros, just a bunch of cons acting like pro managers. If you wanna work in an environment with the head, chef says the word fool in almost every sentence and treat you horribly unfairly and unjustly. This place is perfect.

Cons

You are made to feel replaceable and talked down too everyday during the pre service meetings. It is the biggest drag ever!! To be talked down to by unprofessionally by a young vietnamese child with the airiest Vietnamese voice… absolutely cannot hear anything he ever says, and has zero base in his voice. Half the time I don’t know what he’s saying.

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Sodexo Response
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We apologize for your experience and greatly appreciate your feedback. We will share this information with the appropriate parties to ensure we are taking the proper measures to improve this situation.
1.0
Apr 6, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

My immediate coworkers. We carried each other through chaos. That’s it.

Cons

Gaslighting disguised as leadership. DEI language used as decoration while disabled employees (like me) are exploited. Zero transparency. Sudden layoffs after glowing performance reviews. Management vanished. HR delivered the blow. No regard for mental health, trauma, or long-term impact. Details: I received a glowing year-end review. “Great things ahead,” they said. Twenty minutes later, I was invited to an early morning meeting. No senior leader showed up—only HR, there to inform me I was being laid off. I am autistic. I was paid well below market value. I stayed because I believed in the mission. I trusted leadership. That trust was weaponized. They talk a lot about diversity, equity, and inclusion at Sodexo. I know—I had to walk past their shiny DEI sign every day after they discarded me like trash. That sign stood in grotesque contrast to the way I and many others were treated: exploited, manipulated, then eliminated without warning under the pretense of “doing what’s best for the company.” No warning. No accountability. Just spin. Just damage. Just silence. The pain they caused isn’t hypothetical. It’s real. It’s trauma. I still live with it. And no glossy brochure or HR slogan will erase the truth: Sodexo broke people and called it strategy.

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Sodexo Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback and we apologize for your experience. We take concerns about respect and inclusivity seriously and are committed to addressing them to ensure a supportive environment for all employees.
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