A great job if you are a teenager, otherwise, don't bother - Anonymous employee Culver's Employee Review

2.0
11 Mar 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Culver's was my first job, I started at the age of 16, which was around the age of most of my coworkers. I loved it! We all became great friends and we worked really well together and we were super productive because we all got along so well. But things changed as time went on.

Cons

After I graduated high school and went away to college, they would let me come back and work during summer and holiday breaks. At this point, all of my coworkers that I really liked had also left and went away to college so I was working with a bunch of other high schoolers. I did not mind this because everyone worked pretty well but the upper management expected me to boss them around and "lay down the law" because I was a little older and had been working there for a long time. I was very uncomfortable with this because I was not being paid extra for my new "leadership" position and I was not interested in moving up to management or anything since I was only there for the summer. Needless to say, I did not return after that summer, but I am still in touch with some of the friends I made.

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Cons

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