Garces Group Reviews

3.2

54% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)

Jose Garces

51% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Garces Group has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Garces Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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62 reviews
2.0
20 Oct 2017
Recommend
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Pros

It has some potential to be good

Cons

I worked in accounting and all the bad reviews here about the HQ management are true. It seems it got worse in the last three years since I was there. Garces had a lot of potential but needs to shore up his hands-on leadership skills and take charge of his namesake. Stop trusting the wrong people.

1.0
8 Feb 2023
Recommend
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Pros

A learning moment. When you experience the worst job of your life, it makes you reflect on your own self worth and boundaries.

Cons

A perfect mix of the worst aspects of the hospitality industry and corporate culture. It's as if the upper management read "Running a Corporation for Dummies" book. Fetishizing bureaucracy and adding in hours of additional and unnecessary reports, management meetings and admin work. You will find yourself doing most of the accounting, even though there is an accounting department. You will find yourself doing most of the marketing work, even though there is a marketing department. HR? Yup, you will do most of the HR departments job. Grueling hours, horrific work conditions, and leadership that is both micro managing while placing all accountability on your head. This means no support system for when things go wrong. All hospitality positions expect the manager to own the house, but this company does it with a gun to your head the entire time. And then, in the end, they will treat you, and your employees as a completely disposable cog. A good GM is difficult to find these days as so many exit the industry. If you are looking for work, you probably have options. It can never be so desperate that you feel that you have to take a job with this company.

3.0
8 Mar 2017

Overall Good Group

Recommend
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Pros

I enjoy working for Garces. I work at one of their less known restaurants, JG Domestic. It is a pretty sweet deal, M-F 11:30-7pm - unheard of hours for the service industry. The business is pretty good, I make an average of $150 per day, which is alright for how much I work. The guests are pretty good for the most part, a few stuck up ones obviously. Management is great.

Cons

However, there are a few issues. Garces has some corporate level management issues. These include things like miscommunication between their events sales department and the rest of their team. My restaurant is also the Cinderella of Garces Group and the other restaurants are the wicked stepsisters. We are frequently snubbed and forgotten. They also seem to be opening a lot of new restaurants while not focusing on the ones they currently operate.

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