Compassionate, professional, innovative - Personal Chef Friend That Cooks Employee Review

5.0
1 Nov 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, responsive management, and caring owners.

Cons

I didn't join this company sooner.

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5.0
29 Jun 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

some gas reimbursement, yearly equipment stipend, good benefits and a company with good morals. very transparent and really thinks about their employees. has a cute weekly newsletter tons of independence and you can really make the schedule work for you, very flexible and things stay interesting because you're in different houses, different grocery stores. can listen to music or podcasts all day. they provide uniforms!

Cons

have to use your own car, lots of driving between grocery trips and going between clients, unpaid breaks. to be full-time, you basically have to have 10 clients, 2 per day, which is a bit tiresome to do the whole shebang all over again after you just finished at your first client. kind of mid pay considering what they charge the clients hourly..

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Friend That Cooks Response
1y
Thank you for your review! To offer some additional insight, 65%-75% of every dollar earned goes to pay our employees' wages, taxes, and benefits. In addition to our chefs, we also pay our managers, office staff, marketing team, trainers, and even trainees. We also have other expenses like rent, marketing, and service providers such as our benefits broker who helps us subsidize over 80% of health insurance costs for our employees, as well as paid time off. We continue to be a leader in total compensation for food service workers. Full time is 30 hours per week or more.
2.0
5 Sept 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great for new Personal Chefs to understand what you will be doing in the day to day

Cons

They take a huge portion of what is billed to the client. Not all the clients are in the area and they base the drive time on miles even if you are an hour away in traffic

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Friend That Cooks Response
1y
Thank you for your review! To offer some insight, 65%-75% of every dollar earned goes to pay our employees' wages, taxes, and benefits. In addition to our chefs, we also pay our managers, office staff, marketing team, trainers, and even trainees. We also have other expenses like rent, marketing, and service providers such as our benefits broker who helps us subsidize over 80% of health insurance costs for our employees, as well as paid time off. We continue to be a leader in total compensation for food service workers. We are on a constant mission to offer the best flexibility, work/life balance, creative freedom, exceptional benefits and fair pay, while making our service affordable to our clients. Driving is calculated by miles rather than time, however chefs have a lot of control over where they want to take clients.
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