Two faced and liars. God help you - Anonymous employee Culver's Employee Review

1.0
5 May 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None once you get past your first 2 weeks.

Cons

They will slave you to the bone. They will not define full or part time, even though they will lure you in with the promise of full time during the interview. They make it so no one gets vacation time or health insurance. Requesting time off must be done way in advance or else you'er out of luck. It's a revolving door. You are lucky if you get 20 or 25 hours a week. Was told it is a Culver's thing to favor 15-18 year old kids. They get to stand around with their thumb up their butt and anyone older are told to pick up after them. Favoritism is rampant,and favorites get away will murder. Harassed to to work harder and longer while being told others are not doing their job. Management is delusional and would rather spend their day at the beach or out drinking. Racism and sexism runs rampant through management of the store i was in. Remarks, derogatory tones and slurs were all present . Management and owners openly talk about people behind their back. Will even go as far to insult employees in very degrading ways. They will lie about promoting people and the positions they are promoted to. I was told i was a manager, but was never included in meetings or given any bit of managerial responsibility or authority. Unrealistic work expectations. Management constantly undermines each other. They expect Culver's to be your life and expect you to sleep with your phone and be on call 24/7. They will call you in, then send you home after just an hour or two of being there. Management will call you a rock-star and build you up and make think that you are doing good job, then slap you with a write-up saying otherwise. They will also write you up for things like no spirit or loss of passion. 2 days off in a row is not a thing, days off are always split up. Also they will make you come in for an opening shift right after a closing shift the night before. Well rested is something that no one ever is. They are slow to hire even for the simplest of positions. They rather work who they have even if that means you do not get a day off for weeks or even a month at a time. Managers sit in an Ivory tower completely disconnected from whats really going on. Anytime you go to them with an issue or compliant you are gas-lighted, told your wrong, or they will agree with you but nothing will ever come of it. Empty promises and broken promises are the norm. Porters are expected to do the work of 3 people with no real extra incentive. They don't get medical even though they are most likely to get hurt on the job. Not ever enough people scheduled for shifts. Even during season you run a skeleton crew. Online surveys are the only thing important. They wont listen to any other complaints in any other form. Also if the store is tanking managers and owners will force you to put in good reviews to bump the scores to make themselves look good. Anytime something goes wrong the excuse "children work here" is the first to be cited. No one take responsibility for anything. Nothing is ever upper managements fault. Fault is always shifted. Training is very poor. You are lucky if you get 2 full shifts to train. Everyone is expected to train themselves. Learn on the fly. Information is given out on a need to know basis. No one is ever on the same page. Illness is left for you to deal with on your own time. You are expected to work around food even with a fever, while vomiting or injured. They will even try to talk you out of going to the doctor and tout how they work all the time with pneumonia. Also if you call off you must see a doctor which they will call themselves to verify you were there. They will cut your hours if they hear or even assume that you are looking for other work. They will cut them if you are sick and instead of going to work you call off or go to a doctor. They will cut hours for just disagreeing with them. Employees are usually forced out with ever expanding workloads, expectations and harassment. They don't like to fire and if they do they will not sign anything and flip flop on why they fired you or exaggerate what happened. They will do anything to not pay out unemployment benefits Reprimanding is considered being mean, you can not get onto anyone for anything.

Explore other reviews about Culver's

5.0
12 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Tim Newkirk was a wonderful and fair boss. Morning staff was responsible, upbeat, and had good team ethics. Vikki my manger always had my back. The BEST regular customers! Flexible schedules

Cons

Night crew, is far less responsible. Occasionally rude coworkers, but that’s life.

2.0
28 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexible hours. On the job training. Generally supportive co-workers.

Cons

Not safe for those on the autism spectrum, are otherwise neurodivergent. Consistent bullying from a team trainer - refusal to actually train me, constant undermining of my ability, passive aggressive comments, refusal to communicate even the most basic of information to me. This was communicated to management very soon after I started working but nothing changed in the entire year after. I worked with one employee with a seizure disorder, another employee who had carpel tunnel surgery, and three employees with varying degrees of autism, including me. In all of these cases, they were put into situations where their condition is exacerbated. I saw three seizures happen, two of which were after she gave management a doctor's note indicated she requires a break every single day. The lady with carpal tunnel was put into situations where she was forced to scoop desserts, triggering hand pain. I worked alongside in autistic man who told me he had no training on drive-thru, yet was scheduled there anyway. He was kicked off after making too many mistakes, and the managers on duty became visibly exasperated with him. After this, he told me he plans to quit cause he no longer feels welcome. When these problems were communicated to management, I was told that *I* need to learn how to communicate, and that it's a two-way street. Slow, constant pile-up of responsibilities without the training or pay to reflect it. I received a 10 cent raise in my entire time working there, while I was being expected to come in on my day off and supervise multiple stations with my expertise.

See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All