Taco Bell reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(13,836 total reviews)

Sean Tresvant

59% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Taco Bell has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 13,836 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Taco Bell 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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14K reviews
3.0
Apr 12, 2014

Used to be great.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are great and if you are part of the chosen few, life is good.

Cons

Leadership is horrible and getting worse. Went from "belief in people" leadership to "self-serving-at-any-cost" leadership.

2.0
Jul 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice facility. Free 24 hr access to a full service gym. Free snacks, fruit and fountain drinks.

Cons

Training is beyond inferior & inadequate, they set you up for failure right away. It's a sink or swim environment. No respect amongst peers. Place suffers from major superiority complex and a bully mentality. Their leaders don't know what it is to lead by example etc. They fired their director while I was there, lots of employees quit, even ones who were just promoted. They've NO STRUCTURE, no stats to guide you. They've a work at home program but you need to qualify for it, however they don't give you stats or reviews of how you're doing so you can improve. That place is maddening. I can't believe a company that's been around so long functions so horribly. I'm glad to have been freed of that place. It's shameful.

3.0
Apr 8, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good perks on-site: gym, massage, haircut, car wash service (mon & wed) day-care, snacks Okay benefits: 3 weeks vacation for new hires (4 weeks @ 10 years), matching 401k up to 6% (100% vested) Some great people to work with. Laid back environment. (Jeans ok all week long) Good facilities, great location next to Spectrum. Taste panel (help shape products that are or will be launched) Summer - Holiday hours (45 mins added to Mon - Thurs., half day Fridays)

Cons

Okay to below average pay. Very, very political! Odd review process: all managers review you. If anyone doesn't like you they can shoot down your positive review. Whole company gets review at same time, but they only have a limited number of slots available for above target and/or promotions. But they swear you aren't competing against each other. Lots of managers very few leaders. Lots of "yes men" Poor direction, focus, and career development. Company is all about marketing. So spin is big, process is not. Thus everything is it's own special one off. You will be constantly solving the same problems over and over again. Departments are very siloed. Poor transparency, information is a weapon, politics rule.

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