Carpenters Arms Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?Great job for someone who is highly motivated. Working for the carpenter's Arms is so rewarding. Helping men out of addiction. Nothing comes close to that. What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Seeing what addiction does to them and families What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Fast pased, very enjoyable and run on a Christian ethos to help rebuild lives What is a typical day like for you at the company?The day is structured so it important to keep things running smoothly. Which can be a challenge its self. But it's 100% rewarding no days are the same. I highly recommend working for this company

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Fun

Waitress/Bar Staff (Former Employee) - South Marston, Wiltshire - 3 August 2022

Workers are good fun, customers are most of the time, really nice and patient. The workers definitely made up for the minium wage or else there's nothing really keeping you at the job. Really good to get waitressing and bartending experience as staff and customers are really patient with you.

Pros

0 hour contract, free food occasionally

Cons

0 hour contract

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Productive, fun workplace

Bartender (Former Employee) - Westerham - 14 June 2022

As far as hospitality goes this is a great place to work, management are flexible with shifts and seem to care for all staff, everyone works as a team whether bar or kitchen, locals a pleasure to serve. Only left because I moved away from the area.

Pros

Flexible management/free meals

Cons

Low pay (although I appreciate this is the same for all hospitality roles)

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Productive and fun

Waiter/Barman (Former Employee) - London - 25 November 2021

The vibe is very informal and the management team is easily approachable and takes good care of emplyees. The owners are lovely and will always try to help you if you have questions.

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Productive but also fun

Senior Barman (Current Employee) - Dale Abbey, Derbyshire - 27 July 2020

Quick overview - I have leant our a pub operates and to extent I could run a pub myself. - I have leant how to work well in a team. - The most enjoyable part is getting to know the locals.

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good atmosphere

Sous Chef (Former Employee) - Norfolk - 30 March 2020

nice place to work, family run pub, good quality food , fresh local produce used , regular menu changes and daily specials changed , owners are lovely people to work for

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Good job for starting bar tending

Bar Tender (Former Employee) - Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff - 6 December 2019

Good job nice people and even better owner and bar manager, the locals have many different story’s and is really educational at time, the bar staff also teach each other new techniques on how to pour pints it’s like a little family

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nice situation

Sous Chef (Current Employee) - ascot - 18 November 2019

good to refresh your french basics with a chef comming from Bocuse trainning.

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Kind and supporting environment

BAR STAFF (Former Employee) - Harlington, Bedfordshire - 14 October 2019

I enjoyed working here - all of the staff were lovely and ranged in age and ability, I was able to swap or adapt shifts where necessary and was trusted enough to be put in charge of the pub at times.

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fast paced and fun workplace

Restaurant Waitress (Former Employee) - Tonbridge - 9 September 2019

slow start to service, quite atmosphere during the day. evenings and weekends would become extensively busier. enjoyed crating a warm, friendly and inviting atmosphere for local customers such as having the fire places and all the candles lit during winter months. hard to keep up with extremely busy periods.

Pros

discounted food

Cons

long hours, mostly weekends and holidays

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Ok until management changed hands

Housekeeper (Former Employee) - Newbury - 29 June 2019

This place is a lovely place to work depending on who's running it and the land lords and ladies change very often. The first couple where lovely and I was happy, the only negative was i’d be sent home early a lot due to not being needed so I think its more suited for part time. After being there three months new landlords came in and my experience wasn't very nice. They sacked a gentleman who’d been there years in they're first week. They took a instant dislike to me and didn't speak to me, made me feel very uncomfortable to the point everyone would be being spoken too while I was clearly left out. To make things worse they gave half my hours away to one of my colleagues halving my hours therefore making it financially impossible for me to stay.

Pros

Nice location, relaxed good for part time

Cons

Hit and miss if its good or horrible depending on landlords

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An incredible small business

Waitressing (Former Employee) - Llanishen - 29 July 2018

For the four years I worked with the Carpenter's, I loved supporting a local team. Here you are guaranteed to learn nearly all the skills you will need for the world of work and gain an excellent experience working with delightful staff.

Pros

Great hours for part time work.

Cons

Rural location.

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shame about management

Chef de Partie/ Pastry Chef (Current Employee) - Felixkirk, UK - 29 May 2018

It’s a lovely place. Unfortunately the management on a very low level. Experience issue for management and front of house. Big company and they don’t bother about employee as much as they should, shame becouse the location of this place is out of this world.

Pros

50%off food and accommodations

Cons

Long hours and bad management

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great first job

Kitchen Staff (Former Employee) - Monmouthshire - 5 May 2018

the carpenters arms was a fantastic first job i learnt a lot of key skills from it E.g Independence and maturity, kitchen skills, and team work the carpenters arms was a great overall first job

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Well organised motivating place to work

Bartender (Former Employee) - London - 19 July 2016

A great place to work, i loved working here as the pub attracted a lot of like minded people to myself with similar interests. I've learnt a lot from working here, time management, organisation, customer service. I also learnt a lot from getting to know the regulars and discovering what they're own lives involve. From working here for 2 and a half years I have worked with lots of people, generally bar work draws in creative people, so it was nice sharing our ideas with each other and giving advice. I generally found the job easy and enjoyable. The most enjoyable part for me was feeling at the centre of a community and getting to know people from all walks of life.

Pros

free food, great regulars

Cons

hard to plan personal life around work

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fun workplace

Waitress (Current Employee) - yeovil, chilthorne domer - 3 July 2015

Its a place where I interact with the public daily so have gained affective communication skills, I have learnt to work indepenatly and as part of a team. I do find the job to have very unsociable hours I really enjoy interacting with my co-workers

Pros

free drinks

Cons

low pay, unsociable hours

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Fun and enjoyable work place

Waitress/Bar person (Current Employee) - Cambridge, ENG - 13 November 2014

Whilst working at the Carpenters Arms, you don't have the same work day every day. Some days you could be opening the pub which would involve the morning cleaning, serving breakfast and getting the pub ready for opening. During the day I serve customers their food and drinks, I also catch up with any cleaning that needs doing if we are quiet. If you were on a close at work, that would involve closing down the bar/restaurant and setting it up for breakfast the next day. This would involve clearing the restaurant and resetting tables, setting up for breakfast, cleaning the bar down, cash reading, and locking the pub.

Pros

Meeting and interacting with a large variety of people.

Cons

Long and unreliable hours and shift work.

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Busy, fast paced environment

Landlady (Current Employee) - Fangfoss - 2 August 2014

On a typical day I liase with customers, clients and suppliers via the telephone, email or in face to face meetings. I work front of house as waitress, bar maid as well as the manager. I have between 3-10 staff at one time which I delegate duties to, motivate and monitor their progress. On a weekly basis I engage in administrative duties such as the accounts and health and safety. I have learnt an awful lot during my year at The Carpenters Arms which has taught me a lot about business, management and general customer service. I organise events, place orders and deal with customers as well as professionals such as my accountant. The hardest part about my job is managing to have a good ratio between work and my social life as I am at the pub 24/7 and the best part about my job is the satisfaction at the end of the week if the sales figures have increased and making my general customers happy. My challenge with the pub has been trying to turn it from being a relatively unknown destination to making it more of a reputable place and a success with events, food and drink.