Great concept, poor oversight - Anonymous employee honeygrow Employee Review

3.0
7 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Honeygrow is a growing brand with an ever increasing market. The food offered is fresh and healthy and tastes good. There are benefits packages offered to employees regardless of rank.

Cons

There are constant prep/recipe changes, leading to confusion between BOH and FOH on practices, as well as on what information is current to provide guests with. Expectations of all employees is a bit over what is realistic, and pay is not scaled to fit workload. Managing feels more like babysitting a countertop that actively managing a team.

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honeygrow Response
10y
Good afternoon! Hi, my name is Warren, honeygrow's Director of Talent Management. I just wanted to send a quick note to say "Thank You" for taking the time to share your honeygrow experiences as a current employee. It is feedback/comments like this that will help us grow as an organization. Thank you for the kind words on all the “pros” you mentioned. Growing brand, good food-that’s good for you and benefits for employees regardless of rank; these are a few key areas that make me proud to be at honeygrow. I always love getting feedback/comments on our operations. I will be honest and transparent with you; this communication breakdown is feedback that we have heard from our FOH/BOH team members in the past. I want you to know that we have plans in place to address this issue specifically, some of which I cannot discuss unfortunately, but they will be rolled out in the near future. In the meantime we have been working on implementing new technology tools to help at the stores and we are incorporating new sections into our training program to help create more clear communication channels when changes are implemented. You mentioned a few other cons around “realistic expectations for employees”, “pay”, and “management styles”. These are all areas we take very seriously here at honeygrow. I would love to set up a time to discuss, if you are open to that, please reach out to me at wtitgen@honeygrow. I look forward to hopefully hearing back from you. Thank you once again for taking the time to send these comments! Have a great day and a nice week. Sincerely, Warren

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Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review! We'd love more insight from you on our pay and compensation, and how we can be more competitive in your market. Feel free to email us at hr@honeygrow.com.
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Thanks for leaving us a review! We're pleased to hear you enjoy our flexible scheduling and opportunities to grow by working at other honeygrow locations! We'd love to learn more about your experience with career paths and growth opportunity so we can improve - feel free to email us at hr@honeygrow.com.
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