Does Welcome Break pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Welcome Break employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Welcome Break. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Welcome Break?

70% of Welcome Break employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Welcome Break 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Welcome Break?

Team Member (37) , UBM (37) , Barista (33) , Assistant Manager (25) , Unit Business Manager (22) , Sales Assistant (21) , Service Leader (20) , Manager (14) , Sales Team Member (13) , Customer Service (12) , Business Unit Manager (11) , Site Manager (10) , Unit Manager (9) , Shift Manager (8) , Store Manager (7)

What are the pros of working at Welcome Break according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits the through my welcome break" ((in 29 reviews)); "everyone is friendly and there to help you and we are one big team" ((in 26 reviews)); "Nice people and paid weekly" ((in 25 reviews)); "good team members to work with" ((in 16 reviews)); "Good career progression" ((in 11 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Welcome Break according to real employee reviews?

"Management of seasonal contract was poor" ((in 42 reviews)); "Low pay" ((in 27 reviews)); "Long hours are not for everyone." ((in 17 reviews)); "Low salaries and difficult to grow" ((in 15 reviews)); "High up managers are rude and not understanding" ((in 14 reviews))

Welcome Break reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(590 total reviews)

John Diviney

87% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.8

Senior management

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.7

Work/Life balance

Welcome Break has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 590 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Welcome Break employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Atacado e varejo industry (3.5 stars).

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590 reviews

5.0

Apr 18, 2019

Welcome Break store manager review

Store manager

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Welcome Break is a fantastic company to work for offering various, clearly defined career paths across some of the biggest brands in the hospitality industry, ie. Starbucks, Waitrose, KFC. Working for a company that is home to so many brands means there is always opportunity to gain experience across these other brands whilst still remaining employed by one company. Managers are entitled to a £10 per day food allowance and all employees have free car parking on site as well as access to the welcome break benefits programme offering discounts across multitudes of retailers, hotels and restaurants. The company works hard to ensure people are the focus, both staff and customers alike. Corley in particular is lead by a true people leader who has developed several new managers into competent leaders.

Cons

None relevant to my role

Welcome Break Response

7y

Thank you for your amazing review, we really do appreciate it. Great to hear that you think that Welcome Break offer so many great opportunities and benefits.

5.0

May 1, 2018

Full of opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

- Lots of high street brands and business types, therefore a great place to learn many disciplines, standards and cultures. - Massive opportunities to move around and progress within the company all the way up to mid-senior/senior level. - As per above, Welcome Break value worked experience in the business equally to, if not more so than, any formal qualifications. - Lively and vibrant business; lots of fun in a very fast-moving environment.

Cons

- Welcome Break appear to be pursuing a growth through selection strategy, adding many new brands and business units. As such, most of the annual capital budget each year gets spent on building new drive thru Starbucks stores and similar, meaning that funding is tight for non-profit generating projects or systems. - As per above, some back of house systems are antiquated and inappropriate for the size of business; many critical business processes still occur within unprotected Excel workbooks etc. - This a 24/7/365 industry. Be mindful that in operational positions you will be asked to work evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays, including Christmas day etc. In more senior operational positions this will be virtually mandatory.

Welcome Break Response

8y

Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we love hearing from our team (past and present), it's great to hear how much you enjoyed working at Welcome Break. Thanks

3.0

Oct 22, 2017

waitress

Waitress

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

big company, good discount.

Cons

poor benefits, poor wage, no organisation, managers are clueless.

Welcome Break Response

8y

Thank you for taking the time to write a review. I am sorry to hear you are not happy, If you wish to discuss your concerns further please contact the Hotel Manager or the People Manager for hotels about any worries or recommendations you may have.

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