ARAMARK Reviews

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK full-time

Pros – Great people, growing and stable company

Cons – No cons, it's a great place to work

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the awesome progress!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK part-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Good pay, flexible scheduling, understanding

Cons – Seasonal job, not enough workers in department

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK full-time

Pros – Vast cross channel job opportunities within the org

Cons – Old-school mentality left over from the past

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ARAMARK full-time for less than a year

Pros – nice people, big company experience

Cons – there is not much of cons

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ARAMARK part-time for less than a year

Pros – Comprehensive health benefits after one month of working, friendly people.

Cons – You don't feel like you're working for Aramark, you feel like you're working for the building where you go to work. (Food service in my experience)

Advice to Senior Management – Find a way of having employees at food service locations experience more of a team environment. There was no way for me to get to know the people I worked with outside voluntary socializing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK

Pros – Strong company in a fairly stable market.

Cons – Management structure is chaotic and challenging. Jobs often have direct reporting lines and multiple dotted line responsibilities. Information requests come from all directions, often overlapping and redundant. Relatively small amounts of time can be spent on core responsibilities in order to meet all additional responsibilities. Often workload is greater than ones ability to meet.

Advice to Senior Management – Simplify job responsibilities and reporting lines. Focus more on employees and workloads.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK

Pros – Great global opportunities, also great for the CV or resume.

Cons – Disorganized, a lot of layers to get anything done. A ton of corporate-driven projects that start, but never get finished.

Advice to Senior Management – Make a plan and get feedback/suggestions from FLMs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – My manager supports personal development and work-life balance. The people I work with are fantastic. I have had many good experiences and opportunities, and my salary is very competitive.

Cons – This past year has been a nightmare. The new CEO fired hundreds of managers who had been there. Perhaps he saw tenure as the inability to change. The new CEO is also bringing in a bunch of people from Pepsi where he used to work. Although I agree with a "fresh eyes" approach for changing culture, I believe the new CEO and his team are short-sighted. You can't have people who don't understand the current culture and the complexity of the business making major decisions about the future of the company. I think their approach is all wrong.

Advice to Senior Management – You say you want to put the "front line first," but your current strategy really doesn't lessen the workload for the front line or the district managers. Plus, your approach for separating employees from the company is poor. In addition to the people you're separating from the company involuntarily, you're losing many more voluntarily and disengaging hundreds of others. Your" hobby" of trying to rebuild this company is negatively affecting the financial security and emotions of the employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK

Pros – Large, stable company with long track record. They have a lot of resources, so whatever they do, they do well.

Cons – The managers in our location are very nice, and seem to be concerned about the individual. The corporation as a whole, does not. It's all about the numbers to them. Many of my coworkers have been treated unfairly.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to adjust your business model to fit different accounts, rather than going with the "tried and true" methods that may not work all the time.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ARAMARK

Pros – the learning experience is great

Cons – pay should be and can be better