Pros
The company hires smart spirited employees who are not only execllent "culture fits," but also great people. The mission + values are awesome in principal and if not for the absolute
Cons
Sweetgreen is ego-driven and a company that gets off on visions of "transparency," when the reality is much more bleak. Sterile executive meetings garner a culture of "be quiet" that penetrates all the way down to the manager level. Sweetgreen will promise you a beautiful vision "get a job on the intersection of food and tech for a company brimming with capitol, NYT headlines, benefits, and young minds wanting to change the way people eat." The reality is anything but. Lack of organization bites sweetgreen at the deepest level. Leaders are confused, there is no clarity for why decisions have been made, people don't come together or agree. I knew I wanted to leave in the first few weeks of staring and the most intelligent among new-hires stay for a year to snag the equity and then escape. Fatigue runs rampant, leads to frustration. Work-life balance is a laughable dream. Turnover, even at the C-level, is INCREDIBLY high. It's not uncommon for a manger to end up reporting to three or four leaders in one year. Even in a world COVID-related layoffs and a recession on the way, incredible talent would rather be unemployed than work for this company. You don't want to work here. You might think you do, but dip your toes in the undercurrent and you'll be running for the hills.