Recipe for a hot mess - Manager Sur La Table Employee Review

2.0
26 Mar 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everyone tries hard and you can get an employee discount. It can be a lot of fun if you love cooking and kitchen gadgets. Pretty good work-life balance, so you won't be overworked.

Cons

It's all about filling up the cash registers and making the private equity firm that owns them happy. Senior management says one thing one day, one thing the next day, and another thing the day after that. The people in charge only care about being right, not about being better. It's amazing anyone gets anything done. Don't even think about having any ambition or getting more responsibility. Stress and frustration are really high, and there are plenty of crazy people running around trying to take care of something some executive told them to do. It would be funny if it wasn't kind of sad.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
31 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Staff was friendly and willing to help through the hiring and training process, and tasks were shared evenly

Cons

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