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The Cheesecake Factory

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The Cheesecake Factory reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(6,357 total reviews)
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David Overton

72% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

The Cheesecake Factory has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 6,357 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Cheesecake Factory employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants & Food Service industry (3.4 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Jan 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They are an industry leader and have revolutionized the casual upscale sector. The attention to detail operations-wise is truly phenomenal. The corporate facilities are beautiful and there are nice perks like fountain soda machines for the employees that make the building a nice place to work. They also provide a dining credit in the restaurants, which is a nice perk, and the health benefits are quite generous. Moreover, the company makes efforts to create a team atmosphere with planned activities such as company picnics, holiday parties, etc., that are rare nowdays and a nice touch. The overall atmosphere encourages one to exceed expectations, so largely, everyone you encounter is efficient and productive.

Cons

The efficiency and productivity comes at the price of zero work-life balance and absolutely no recognition of the needs of family and health. The company views corporate and a tool to run the restaurants, which is reasonable, but no corporate office is going to keep restaurant hours, and it is ridiculous and counter-productive to try. Those beautiful corporate offices also require a sacrifice of any individuality- no one is allowed to hang anything on the walls in any office (not even the senior executives.) All the doors to offices are glass so you truly never have privacy. The CEO walks the halls to ensure that no one has any unauthorized calendars, wall hangings, even a desk mat that does not match is forbidden. No drinks are allowed without a lid. No microwaves are allowed upstairs (where a majority of offices are) at any time. There is no cafeteria that provides food, but the rules for handling food you bring from home are strict so as to avoid any food smells the CEO may find unpleasant. Also, actually taking a lunch is frowned upon, most people eat at their desk while working. A lunch hour is considered frivolous.

1.0
Mar 6, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free unhealthy food? Pay for doing useless work.

Cons

If you are apply for corporate, do not believe the ratings from fortune best places to work-it’s no where near a great place to work. This place is run so old school- technology, people, work ethic, etc. I saw at least 10 people leave my first year there and covid didn’t happen yet.

2.0
Jun 27, 2020

Oof

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work with can be really great and fun, or everyone will get snappy and mean to each other. Good food, pretty decent discount for food. Some of my managers I preferred over others. Bakery wasn't too great, but if you make your way to cashier, you will leave on time more often or not as late. Plus bakery doesn't get tips, but cashiers do and you make similar base pay, so if you can bear the burden of bakery for a while, run with cashier as fast as you can so you aren't stuck in one of the worst positions in the store.

Cons

First off I wish I could rate work life balance as less than a one star. This job is WAY more stressful then it needs to be. There are consistently long hours. You could be scheduled until 11 or 12 and stay until 4 in the morning cleaning up after a long and messy shift. You will not be paid overtime unless you hit over 40 hours a week or 12 hours in one shift. No holiday pay except 2 days a year (thanskgiving, Christmas Eve). Servers will constantly pester you (since guests unfairly pester them. Respect-i love some of you servers, you deserve better) to have their orders done sooner, in the middle of a three to five hour long ticket rush. Three to five hours in which you will not leave the bakery. I seriosusly hear the ticket machine in my nightmares. You will never have breaks (they say you can do a fifteen minute paid break, but the amount of work disuades it, and managers will push you to get back to work). You can work 12 hour shifts with no break. And people consistently try to drop their shifts in the bakery or call out, forcing you to always cover for them because everyone hates the stress and amount of work for such terribly low pay. They will train you for a new position only for the papers to magically dissapears and you won't get a raise (happened to 6 of my former coworkers, a couple which quit immediately after). You are always expected to do twice the amount of work expected, just because they don't want to pay another person to be there, or they can't find someone willing to be there. We started off in training with 4 to 6 people on a night, after 5 months of working there, it was down to 2 or occasionally 1. Management constantly telling you a different way to do things, no cohesive managing. Also the food promotions with door dash or 1$ cakes are sometimes awful as extra stress on the team, since you only get more tickets and nothing positive in return.

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