Whitbread PLC
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Was great before all the changes they implement. Now we seemed to get extra workload more stress and left to it. Very high staff Turnover.Lack of support as a whole company

Pros

Decent pay

Cons

Not enough pay for what we actually have to do. No support
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No work life balance

Contracted working hours are 48 but that means you have to be in the restaurant floor 48 hours p/w - no real time allocated for the multitude of admin tasks necessary

Pros

Fair salary, decent bonus scheme

Cons

Long long hours
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Nice place to work

Although I was there only a short time I found it interesting and very nice to work for and would like to go back to Premier Inn to work.on site free parking great benefits free or reduced food rates for staff and learning something new all the time

Pros

Free carpark and hotel stay perks etc
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Don't recommend

Made to work for 14 days in a row all double shifts for zero overtime. Zero help when I had health issues just moaned I could not work and break promises constantly
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Awful

Horrible place to work. Make you stay on and make you feel bad if you leave on time. Belittled and micromanaged. Pay isn’t worth it. Chefs shout at you, customers shout at you, top manager shouts and swears at you. Overall not a nice place to work

Pros

Keep your own tips (if not stolen by other team members)

Cons

Stress, long hours, poor management
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Not recommended

Regularly sent home early, eventually they let me go citing lack of work available and I wasn't given much notice of this. I wouldn't recommend this company.
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Don't bother

unless you really want to work long hours,not good pay,no help during COVID,no help if ill no management system in place, didn't believe in COVID till it happens, it might take years before you go up the ladder in promotion, unless you are a very good friend of management you might get a pub all to yourself and run it how you like.

Pros

free breakfast, free uniform

Cons

long hours, no respect, bad pay, aggro from staff
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Micromanagement at its finest, staff are over worked and underpaid. Very repetitive and unmotivating environment.

If you don't enjoy someone over your shoulder every minute then its not the job for you. Constant calls with a lack of staff, angry customers due to poor management.

Pros

Progression if your a favourite

Cons

Repetitive, micromanagement, low pay, under staffed.
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Productive and fun workplace, the staff was fine and friendly.

It depends on management sometimes, if the manager is selfish, do not wait that he or she will recognise your workload that had been done. This was management point of view, if the staff would receive the recognition than they would not do anymore the job properly.

Pros

Discount Employee

Cons

No recognition
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It was ok

I enjoyed my time working for Costa, but most of that is due to the team I was working with, upper management have NO IDEA what actually works in store compared to what the Head Office want to push you to do

Pros

50% on shift (most managers let you have it free though), can take waste home, lots of training

Cons

Shifts not really flexible, stupid targets set by HO or changed they DON’T work in reality
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Work life balance? Forget it

As a kitchen manager your contract is 48 hours, you will be required to work whatever is needed. In the five years I worked for whitbread I worked 48 hours in a week once. 60/70 hour weeks are normal in the kitchen and you won’t be paid for overtime. No thanks will be given as they expect you to work the extra hours. In terms of benefits/bonus you won’t get any! A small discount on hotel rooms and 50% off one meal a day when your working. That’s about it. Do yourself a favour and look for a job elsewhere.

Pros

You’ll have to work Christmas Day

Cons

Too many
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Good people and always laughing

You would always find something to be laughing about, and once you get the hang of everything, it all goes smoothly. You get help whenever it's needed.

Pros

They teach you well so you know what you're doing

Cons

No smoking breaks most places or free food
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Lovely team but too many negatives

I worked in one of whitbreads restaurants. They were really good at making sure you were well trained and knowledgeable. They had a variety of benefits like great deals off of premier inn rooms and 25% off food when you eat in the restaurant. However, the pay isn’t great especially if you are under 25 as you will get paid according to your age not experience or duties. Shifts are very all over the place and they will not stick to your contracted hours and will sometimes put schedule you for loads of short shifts rather than a few longer ones. But if you get a longer one it can be up to 12.5 hours with only a 30 minute break

Pros

Good discounts, cheap on shift meals, nice team

Cons

Irregular shift patterns, unfair payment
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Terrible management

Favouritism is rife within this company as is gossiping. Management are spiteful and turn up as and when they feel like it. If you like a bad atmosphere this is the work place for you

Pros

Doesn't require much effort

Cons

Unhealthy working environment, poor management
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More staff leave than join

Poorly managed… no enthusiasm in management that passes on to the team. People dread coming in and are down and depressed as soon as they arrive. They rely on the bonds you build with other team members in the hope that if it’s busy you will stay on to helpYour friends. When it comes to pay you have to check every hour worked as they are happy to cut a few here and there and dock you for breaks you don’t take. This is worse when you stay on and give up your time and they dock you more break times for doing so.I would not recommend this to anyone not even those I dislike. Avoid at all costs.

Pros

It’s a job

Cons

Everything
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okey very good

This giant company in all different fields and the distinguished staff from all over the world. I have never seen this distinction before. I have gained many administrative and technical skills from it. Thanks

Pros

Collaboration is like a home at work

Cons

Minor errors in daily performance
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Avoid if you can.

Worst company I have ever worked for. Most of the staff I worked with or met were lovely. Whitbread are not an inclusive company regarding health and disabilities so if you have any disability or long term health condition just find somewhere else.

Pros

Nice people

Cons

Poor communication, poor morale
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Worst company to work for

By far the worst place I have ever worked, no respect for the stalff, made to work like a dog, I would not advise anyone to work here, by far the worst place or company I’ve ever worked

Pros

None

Cons

Everything
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Awful place to work

If you want a job where you have no balance of home life, terrible pay, no progression and a work place that thinks it is ok for management to bully other staff, and think mental health is a joke in this day and age then this is the job for you!!

Pros

Some staff are lovely !!

Cons

Management, pay, hours, benefits
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Fairly good place to work

Overall it was a good place to work friendly staff lots of benefits, very fast paced lots of hard work long hours and 6 day weeks, little breaks if there’s time for that!

Pros

50% off staff lunch on shift, 25% off while off shift, lots of perks discounted premier inn stays, lots of benefits and good pension scheme

Cons

Long hours, 6 days
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Excellente atmosphère and lovely teamwork

I love to work for costa coffee company, and team and management is awesome, we do have lovely and friendly customer specialty the regularly in morning rush time and lunchtime and school run in this times we get busy and really nice for the company and shop and team to be ready to get highs stander services to deliver excellent service as hot drinks and cold and food for the customer as soon possible in short time to satisfy our customer.(whitbread)I wil love to came back to work for costa coffee company .
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3.4

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