Good Potential, Bad Management - Graphic Designer Starchefs Com Employee Review

1.0
25 Aug 2023
Recommend
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Pros

You will have a cool job, do cool things, and meet cool people.

Cons

Unfortunately, the cons outweigh the pros. Management hires young and inexperienced workers because they are cheap labor. The boss is stuck in 1995 and thinks that the salaries he offers are livable in NYC in 2023. The photographer and designer have to answer to the management (two people who have no history or real knowledge of design and photography). THERE IS NO HR. Management is so delusional that they believe there is absolutely nothing wrong in the company and everyone is happy. They do not trust their employees to do their jobs and basically helicopter parent their employees. Which is another reason they don't like when their employees work from home. In my year and a half at this 10 person company, 4 people quit. Employee moral virtually does not exist. Overall, I met some cool people and learned a lot, but I should have left when I first realized I was unhappy six months in.

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5.0
29 Sept 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

First-hand experience working with restaurants pros. Learn a lot very quickly b/c it's a small team and get a LOT exposure to what's going on in the industry. Opportunities to travel and interact with super talented people across the country. Super casual work environment, work from home Fridays, etc.

Cons

Standard small business limitations. Lower pay but more experience. Start-up vibe definitely isn't for everyone. The job is what you make of it. There are tons of opportunities to grow and learn if you take them.

2.0
26 Sept 2024
Recommend
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Pros

This could be a really cool job if you had bosses you could respect and treated you well.

Cons

You will be underpaid and over worked- that is a guarantee. The boss pretends to be a “man of the people” but lacks any trust in his employees or flexibility. If your train comes at 6:02 and you need to leave 5 minutes early- it won’t happen. You will be gaslit by management for your basic employee rights, as the boss has never had another job and has NO idea what it’s like to work in New York. Managment is gross, manipulative, and only care about their big paychecks while the rest of their employees don’t make a liveable wage.

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